We need your help to stop a horrifying, unnecessary tragedy like this from happening again. Through public records requests, we dug up internal documents that illustrate the stark cruelty that led to the untimely death of Ash, a 10-month-old golden retriever puppy confined in a University of Florida (U of…

With great sadness, we share the news of the passing of Russ Kick, Rise for Animals’ Director of Open Records. Russ was an activist with a passion and unmatched skillset for “undeleting” official secrets and government documents. At Rise, Russ was instrumental in the creation and upkeep of ARLO,…

Recently released data from laboratories that experiment on animals reveal a silver lining from the COVID-19 pandemic: the number of animals used in experiments went down for the first time since 2017. Every year, labs and other institutions that conduct experiments on animals that are protected by the…

Michigan bills H.B. 4881 and 4882 are giving cats and dogs used in experiments a chance at a new life.  The Michigan legislature is voting soon on two bills that involve labs giving cats and dogs no longer used for experiments up for adoption at animal…

In 2020, the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), which houses the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC), had almost 2,400 monkeys at its lab. That’s a lot of monkeys. It makes you wonder: how can they possibly care for so many individuals and follow every procedure? Well, the truth…

Removing the name of a slavery supporter from a dormitory is a step forward for Emory University. But the Committee that advised Emory President Gregory Fenves on this switch made other important recommendations that deserve attention as well. In their May 8, 2021 report, Emory’s University Committee…

[embed]https://youtu.be/lJ5NQlHheK0[/embed] You might remember the devastating photos we uncovered last year that showed a monkey at Arizona State University (ASU) stuffed into a straightjacket and tied to a restraint chair. Sadly, he isn’t the only monkey suffering in ASU’s primate laboratory. We’ve caught ASU hurting monkeys yet…