Even though he has never practiced medicine in his life, one of Abdul El-Sayed's biggest boasts during his Senate campaign is how much more he knows about healthcare than anyone else. Because he has been a career politician in public health positions, he claims to be the 'expert' that no one else is.
Sound familiar? One might even assume from El-Sayed's bragging that he is declaring himself 'The ScienceTM.'
Unfortunately, delusions of grandeur aren't all that El-Sayed has in common with Tony Fauci. Both of them have a repulsive tendency to mistreat animals. Fauci tortured beagle puppies, and El-Sayed, in his former position as executive director of the Detroit Health Department, oversaw an Animal Control team that slaughtered and mistreated thousands of dogs and cats.
The latest allegation to add to El-Sayed's litany of disgraces was published yesterday by The Daily Mail.
Abdul El-Sayed oversaw animal 'slaughterhouse' as over 4,000 puppies and kittens killed under his watch https://t.co/B3KQhUCiMD
— Daily Mail US (@Daily_MailUS) August 13, 2026
Now, to be fair, any Animal Control department sadly will have to euthanize a lot of dogs and cats. But under El-Sayed's leadership, those numbers skyrocketed — and some animals were put down mistakenly and in violation of policy.
In a 2017 ABC News profile of his bid for governor, El-Sayed pointed to his record as Detroit's health director, boasting that his team had 'rebuilt the animal control system.'
But according to records obtained by the Daily Mail, nearly 4,680 dogs and cats were euthanized by Detroit Animal Care and Control (DACC) during the period when El-Sayed was in his post at the Detroit Health Department.
The 2015 numbers were particularly stark. That year, DACC euthanized 1,988 dogs and 272 cats – a total of 2,260 animals.
The figure represented 26.4 percent of all dogs euthanized in the county, according to Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's Animal Shelter Annual Report.
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In addition, DACC had refused to report its numbers for 2016, but The Daily Mail found that nearly 1,100 dogs were put down that year. In 2017, the number topped 1,400.
It gets worse. It gets MUCH worse.
While euthanasia is an unfortunate necessity of animal shelters, mistreating those animals is not. But according to former DACC employee and whistleblower Brittany Roberts, that's exactly what was going on before and during El-Sayed's tenure. She labeled the department 'an animal slaughterhouse,' and her allegations against DACC include:
- Overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, such as dogs being housed in cages with vomit and feces,
- Not scanning dogs for microchips before euthanizing them,
- Euthanizing dogs being evaluated for rabies after one day, instead of the required 10-day observation period, and
- Inadequate care of sick or injured animals
Roberts claimed she was fired for raising her concerns. She has since reached an out-of-court settlement with the City of Detroit.
In addition, FOX 2 Detroit reporter Hannah Saunders claims that El-Sayed begged her in a text message not to cover the animal abuse issue, and a local animal rights organization claimed that El-Sayed lied and exaggerated the number of strays in Detroit to make the euthanasia numbers seem smaller by comparison.
El-Sayed's campaign, of course, blamed his predecessor for everything. That animal control director, Harry Ward, certainly ran a horrific department, but it sure doesn't look like El-Sayed 'turned it around,' as his campaign claims, during his 2015-17 tenure.
guess we can add dogs to the list of things Abdul hates https://t.co/uXgG92d9L5
— Samantha Cantrell (@samanthabrook_) August 13, 2026
That should come as no surprise, given who his bestie is.
Figures that Abdul El-Sayed would treat dogs as awfully as his best pal and top surrogate Hasan Piker: https://t.co/Wrw86c0jxN pic.twitter.com/djdtH22Dkh
— RJC (@RJC) August 13, 2026
Abdul’s spokesperson Hasan Piker abusing his dog, pulling his tail and yelling, “If you run right now I’ll f**king kiII you.” pic.twitter.com/jc5LgC1hOg https://t.co/d8B7jzqlid
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 13, 2026
Piker deserves prison or worse for that video alone.
And that's whose support El-Sayed craves.
Democrats truly cannot find a single normal person to run for office. https://t.co/ncSX7dEq62
— Republicans (@Republicans) August 13, 2026
That's because they are all Communists or Islamists ... or both.
'Normal' is not a word in their vocabulary.
🚨Muslims hate dogs.🤬 If you love dogs, do NOT ever vote for a Muslim.
— 🎚K.J. Pritchard 🇺🇸America First (@KJPritchard4) August 13, 2026
It's true.
They're even allegedly poisoning dogs in parks in the UK, as the government over there bends the knee to try not to offend Muslims by owning dogs.
STEVENS: Dogs, we are not going to let you down. We’re doing this for you.
— Democrats For Mike Rogers (@DemsForMike) August 13, 2026
Haley is right, we’re doing everything we can to stop Abdul El-Sayed because we love our dogs and we love Michigan. Abdul oversaw the murder of 4,000+ dogs and cats. He can’t win. pic.twitter.com/ZiySAiTyjf https://t.co/PNBzmNpZZE
We can't confirm whether that account is actually run by Democrats, but the post is accurate either way.
As weird as Haley Stevens was, at least she loved dogs. That's more than we can say for Team El-Sayed.
BREAKING: PETA officially endorses Mike Rogers, along with all vegans and vegetarians. https://t.co/Jww53n9Wum
— Jack (@jackunheard) August 13, 2026
HA!
Not bloody likely. PETA has been conspicuously silent in demanding answers from El-Sayed or his campaign.
And they were willing to call out Fauci, so there's no excuse for their silence on these allegations.
🚨Paging PETA for comment https://t.co/JpSZcUyJy7
— Cody R. Olson (@codyrolson) August 13, 2026
Don't hold your breath. There's an election to steal ... err, we mean 'win' in Michigan.
Animal lovers 🐶🦮🐩🐱🐈 will not stand for this. They demonized Mitt Romney for putting the family dog in a crate on top of his station wagon. This is appalling… https://t.co/4JcxqFJxf4
— John Luciew (@JohnLuciew) August 14, 2026
We sure HOPE animal lovers will not abide it.
This POS is a terrible human being. How long will it be before Americans realize how evil Islam is. https://t.co/EYmcuynsgA
— Just Me. (@PoppyMcGill1) August 14, 2026
Michiganders will have a chance to show they realize it come November.
Abdul lied, dogs died. https://t.co/o5cS6o0f3a pic.twitter.com/h7G8CltPQm
— Great Lakes HQ (@GreatLakes_HQ) August 14, 2026
Maybe that video and Sarah MacLachlan will help them.
In the meantime, while El-Sayed's record at DACC is abominable, we very much doubt it's the last horrible thing we learn about him between now and Election Day.
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