According to an exclusive report by Reuters, Elon Musk's Neuralink is facing a federal probe to investigate claims of unnecessary animal welfare violations.
, the medical device company Neuralink, owned by Elon Musk, is reportedly under federal investigation for possible animal welfare violations. The investigation comes from internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, resulting in needless suffering and deaths.According to Reuters, they have received and reviewed documents and spoken to "sources familiar with the investigation" that, they claim, support the complaints.
Reuters says it does not know the scope of the federal investigation or whether it concentrated on the same alleged problems with animal research mentioned by employees in Reuters interviews. Neuralink and Federal authorities did not respond to Reuter's requests for information either.In the United States, there are no restrictions on the number of animals companies can use for research. Experts have considerable discretion about when and how to employ animals in experiments.
In fact, as Reuters pointed out, lab animals are frequently put to death when tests are complete, so they can later be dissected for research.However, current and former Neuralink employees assert that unnecessary animal deaths occur due to Musk's demands for rapid research. Reuters identified four studies involving 86 pigs and two monkeys tainted by errors in recent years, according to employee interviews and business conversations spanning years.
Allegedly, Musk told staff workers to imagine having a bomb strapped to their heads to motivate them to work more rapidly, according to three insiders who have frequently overheard Musk commenting. An ex-employee who overheard Musk's remark claims that he once threatened to bring about a "market failure" at Neuralink if they didn't make further strides. Some employees saw this remark as a threat to halt business operations.
When a former employee asked management for more thorough testing some years ago, a senior official allegedly informed him it wasn't possible, given Musk's expectations for speed. According to Reuters, two staff left the company due to reservations over animal studies.
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