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Washington Set to Ban Animal-Tested Cosmetics!
The Rise for Animals Team, March 1, 2024
Heading imminently to the WA governor’s desk is a law that will prohibit statewide the sale and manufacture of cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
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Grassroots Spotlight: The Northwest Animal Rights Network
The Rise for Animals Team, August 10, 2023
NARN is a Washington State-based animal protection group championing “the rights of all sentient beings."
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Victory for Primates in Labs: Judge Rules USDA Was Unlawful
The Rise for Animals Team, March 28, 2023
We took the USDA to court. A federal judge just ruled we secured an important victory for primates in labs.
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Congress Passes the FDA Modernization Act 2.0
The Rise for Animals Team, December 28, 2022
This Act eliminates a federal mandate, which has been in place since 1938, requiring FDA-approved drugs to have been tested on non-human animals.
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The Animal Welfare Act Protects Just 5% of Animals in Labs
The Rise for Animals Team, December 5, 2022
The Animal Welfare Act is supposed to provide protections for animals in laboratories. So why are 95% of animals in labs exempt?
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Challenging USDA’s Secret Policy that Limits Lab Inspections
The Rise for Animals Team, April 5, 2022
A sneaky policy we helped unearth shows the USDA allows many animal research facilities to go largely unchecked. 
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Protecting Animals & Modernizing Science
The Rise for Animals Team, February 9, 2022
Recent victories that have saved animals in labs are proof momentum is on our side to end animal experimentation—sooner than you might think!
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Mexico Bans Animal Testing for Cosmetics
The Rise for Animals Team, September 2, 2021
We’re hopeful this groundbreaking law will set a precedent for North America to become the next cruelty-free cosmetics market.
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Michigan's Cats and Dogs in Labs Have a Chance at Adoption
Natassia Tuhovak, July 19, 2021
H.B. 4881 and 4882 are giving cats and dogs used in experiments a chance at a new life.