Elon Musk Neuralink

Elon Musk's Neuralink business has been accused of killing 1500 animals over the past four years during testing of its brain implant, which...

The federal probe, which has not been previously reported, was opened in recent months by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General at the request of a federal prosecutor, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation who were cited by Reuters. Staff working at the neurotech company have suggested trials of its brain implants are being unnecessarily rushed, with animals often needlessly suffering as a result, according to Reuters.

Elon Musk's medical tech company Neuralink is reportedly being investigated by the U.S. government for potentially violating animal welfare laws.

[Neuralink could be ready to begin human trials within the next six months](https://mashable.com/article/neuralink-human-tests-six-months-elon-musk), provided the U.S. [Elon Musk](https://mashable.com/category/elon-musk). You've heard of [animals dying](https://mashable.com/article/noodle-no-bones-day-dog-tiktok-died). This did not happen. It will be genuinely shocking if Neuralink does begin human trials within half a year. This also did not happen. If the investigation isn't related to these allegations, that would mean Neuralink has even more potential animal welfare issues, which isn't a reality anyone would like to contemplate. It'd be advisable to take this proclamation with a giant pillar of salt, though. A large company doing large-scale animal testing logically leads to a large number of deaths. Like many other medical tech companies, Neuralink conducts animal testing in the course of its research, such as implanting chips on pigs' spines or Such instances have allegedly included surgeons using the wrong surgical glue, implanting Neuralink's device on the wrong vertebrae, and implanting devices that were the wrong size. [Reuters reports](https://www.reuters.com/technology/musks-neuralink-faces-federal-probe-employee-backlash-over-animal-tests-2022-12-05/) that Musk's medical tech company Neuralink is currently being investigated by the U.S.

Neuralink has killed around 1,500 animals in total since 2018, according to Reuters, which could have been caused by "rushed testing" on the likes of at least ...

In an investigation conducted by Reuters, they found that Elon Musk is apparently piling the pressure on to get more tests underway, leading to the botched experiments. Neuralink has killed around 1,500 animals in total since 2018, according to Reuters, which could have been caused by "rushed testing" on the likes of at least 280 sheep, pigs and monkeys. Elon Musk's company Neuralink is reportedly under federal investigation over animal welfare by the USDA after 'unnecessary deaths'.