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Science as a Shield
The Rise for Animals Team, December 16, 2022
More evidence confirms that researchers testing on animals aren’t looking for cures.
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Look in a Lab: Blue Ridge Kennel
The Rise for Animals Team, December 13, 2022
Malnourished and ailing dogs. Inadequate medical care. Incomplete veterinary records. Unsafe environments. This is Blue Ridge Kennel in Wetumpka, Alabama.
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#GivingTuesday 2022: In Honor of Helen
The Rise for Animals Team, November 17, 2022
On this day of global generosity, help us shift science away from harmful, ineffective experiments on animals and toward better, human-relevant methods instead.
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Monkey Poachers Are Fueling the Animal Research Industry
The Rise for Animals Team, November 17, 2022
The international primate trade exploits monkeys who are snatched from their rightful homes, sold on the black market, and shipped to the U.S. for experiments.
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Take Action for Helen: Part 6—Sentience
The Rise for Animals Team, November 16, 2022
Humans and animals are both alike and different, rendering our experimentation on non-humans wrong both practically and ethically.
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Take Action for Helen: Part 5—Resistance
The Rise for Animals Team, November 9, 2022
Laboratory records are filled with determined, purposeful, and despairing acts by non-humans in resistance of their cruel fate.
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Take Action for Helen: Part 4—The Primate Trade
The Rise for Animals Team, November 2, 2022
Animal experimentation harms all animals, including the 4% of all mammals on Earth who remain wild.
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Take Action for Helen: Part 3—Sacrificed for Nothing
The Rise for Animals Team, October 25, 2022
Non-human animal “models” have failed to translate findings to humans since the very beginning of animal experimentation.
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Take Action for Helen: Part 2—Incarceration
The Rise for Animals Team, October 18, 2022
Helen became extremely ill while incarcerated at the University of Louisiana’s New Iberia Research Center.