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Labs Once Fined Pennies, Now Not Fined At All
Rise for Animals, June 26, 2025
With fines off the table, U.S. animal labs now face zero legal consequences for even the worst abuse — but we can still hold them accountable.
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“Compassion Fatigue” or Guilt Management?
Rise for Animals, June 24, 2025
We've taken a hard look at the animal research industry's use of "compassion fatigue" training — and how it masks guilt, violence, and a deep lack of true empathy.
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CCTV in Labs? Checkmate for Vivisectors
Rise for Animals, June 11, 2025
What if every laboratory, every caged animal, and their every scream behind closed doors could finally be seen and heard?
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Discrimination *Is* the Cage — Help Us Break It Down
Rise for Animals, June 5, 2025
Our work to free animals from labs is one part of a broader fight — a fight against institutionalized discrimination. A fight against oppression. A fight for justice.
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Science Isn’t Neutral. It’s Political — and It’s Violent.
Rise for Animals, June 2, 2025
Because science is political, it cannot be separated from the power structures that dominate our society; rather, it shapes and enforces them.  
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AMP to NIH: “Keep Torturing Animals, But Call it Progress”
Rise for Animals, May 27, 2025
Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) is a pro-vivisection trade group that protects profits — even if it means sacrificing truth, science, and animals.
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Bold Lies: NIH Cuts Aren’t What Industry Wants You to Think
Rise for Animals, May 15, 2025
Uncover four of the latest lies the animal research industry is telling – and learn what’s really going on.
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We’re Back in Court Against the Animal Research Industry
Rise for Animals, May 13, 2025
The USDA handed over animal welfare enforcement to the industry it’s meant to regulate — we’re taking them to court to stop it.
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University Researchers = Architects of Animal Ag’s Violence
Rise for Animals, April 30, 2025
The same institutions that test on animals are also engineering their mass exploitation for human consumption. This is the story they don’t want you to know.