London, Ont. research centre halts studies using dogs after investigation

A research centre in London, Ont. was revealed to have been using dogs for health studies.

The Investigative Journalism Bureau at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health revealed a research centre was using dogs to research heart attacks on humans.

The bureau has since announced that the research has been shut down but the hospital says it adhered to all scientific and ethics protocols by a third party.

The research was being conducted at the Lawson Research Centre at St. Josephs Health Care in London, Ont.

The investigation found documents, heard witness accounts and obtained photos showing that dogs were being put through induced heart attacks for up to three hours and then killed.

It also got attention from the Ontario Premier who posted on X about the investigation.

I was deeply disturbed by last week’s reports of inhumane medical research taking place on dogs at St. Joseph’s Health Care London and immediately reached out to raise my concerns.

I’m pleased that St. Joseph’s has agreed to immediately stop this research.

Our government will…

— Doug Ford (@fordnation) August 11, 2025

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