Federal inquiry into Neuralink over animal deaths in implant testing
S4 · ~2022 · Neuralink
Record
| Company | Neuralink |
| Industry | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | fatality |
| Date | ~2022 (year precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
USDA and federal investigators examined Neuralink over animal deaths during brain-implant testing on primates and other animals, including deaths attributed to complications and alleged welfare violations during implant surgeries.
Primary source
Publisher: The Guardian · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
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| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~2022 | Federal inquiry into Neuralink over animal deaths in implant testing | The Guardian | The Guardian |
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