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Rare Photos Inside a Mega-Breeder for Animal Research
The Rise for Animals Team, August 29, 2024
See the secret photos a whistleblower took inside Marshall BioResources, the notorious factory farm that breeds and sells dogs, ferrets, and others for experiments.
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The “Lab Dog” Lie
The Rise for Animals Team, August 26, 2024
Around 50k dogs in the U.S. meet their fates in labs each year. And every single one of them is just like the dogs we call our best friends and family.
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No Backbone? No Difference.
The Rise for Animals Team, August 16, 2024
Insects, just like all other sentient beings, deserve moral consideration and should never be used as means to human ends.
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More Animals Reported by Labs in 2023 Than in 2022
The Rise for Animals Team, August 14, 2024
The USDA has finally released U.S. animal research facilities’ 2023 Annual Reports, and we've compiled the data. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Dogs, Dog-Like Pigs, Ferrets Sold Into Torture
The Rise for Animals Team, August 5, 2024
Marshall BioResources is infamous for its breeding, neglect, torture, and killing of sentient beings, including dogs, ferrets, and minipigs.
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You Don’t Need to Dissect Animals to Learn Anatomy
The Rise for Animals Team, July 31, 2024
Let’s champion the use of cruelty-free, educationally superior, more cost-effective alternatives to animal dissection in the classroom.
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Per Industry, There Is “Luxury” in Being “Grown” for Organs
The Rise for Animals Team, July 30, 2024
Revivicor “cloned their first pig in 2000”, gene-edited their first “litter” in 2019, and provided the hearts used for this year’s infamous pig-to-human transplants.
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Species Spotlight: Ferrets
The Rise for Animals Team, July 25, 2024
Ferrets are remarkable, adorable relatives of wolverines, ermines, minks and weasels, who have become popular companion animals among humans.
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Abusers Equate Welfare with Torture, Claim “Better” Victims
The Rise for Animals Team, July 24, 2024
Selective breeding and genetic modification are hot topics in the world of vivisection, and, just as in other areas of animal research, farmed animals are common victims.