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Rise’s Data Sinks Industry’s Narrative in Science Magazine
Rise for Animals, August 21, 2025
We analyzed USDA records; Science Mag reported: AAALAC labs — touted as the “gold standard” for animal welfare — are really responsible for most of the worst violations.
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Channel 3000 Covers Our Ridglan Exposé; UW-Madison Responds
Rise for Animals, August 14, 2025
The station brought ongoing attention to our investigation into Ridglan Farms. Then, UW-Madison reacted to being outed as a buyer of dogs from the embattled megabreeder.
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Ridglan Beagles at MRIGlobal: What the Records & Photos Show
Rise for Animals, August 12, 2025
These may be the only photos that capture the pups in life — confined on metal floors, faces obscured by cage bars, already in the hands of those who would kill them.
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FOX6 Milwaukee Covers Our Investigation into Ridglan Farms
Rise for Animals, August 8, 2025
Our investigation revealed, for the first time, the list of Ridglan’s recent clients and the numbers of dogs purchased by each one.
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Still Buying Dogs from Ridglan? Now We See You...
Rise for Animals, August 6, 2025
Exclusive new records expose dozens of labs — including major universities and corporations — still buying dogs from Ridglan Farms for use in horrific experiments.
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Unsealed: What the USDA Saw
Rise for Animals, July 24, 2025
Get a rare and recent glimpse inside U.S. animal labs, through official government photos just released to Rise for Animals after our request for visual records.
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More Animals Reported by Labs, Again
Rise for Animals, June 17, 2025
The USDA has finally released most of its 2024 Annual Reports for U.S. animal research facilities. Here, we've compiled and analyzed all the data for you.
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Pig Livers Outside, Cash Inside: Biotech’s “New” Grab
Rise for Animals, May 29, 2025
The upcoming pig liver trials represent nothing more than corporate spectacles that rebrand exploitation as “hope” and violence as “innovation”.
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Suppliers of Suffering: The Breeders Selling Lives to Labs
Rise for Animals, May 22, 2025
Meet the companies profiting from pain — and see how they spin suffering into sales.