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Ridglan Nabs Industry Insider to (Re)Shape Its “Story”
Rise for Animals, September 23, 2025
One of the animal research industry’s most seasoned spin doctors is now working to rehabilitate the image of one of its most disgraced actors.
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Sheep for Sale: “Meat” and Mock Science
Rise for Animals, September 16, 2025
Sheep are oppressed by a single sprawling, unrepentant system that exists to turn living beings into everything but their actual selves.
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Ridglan Update: USDA Admits Not Understanding Its Own Rules
Rise for Animals, September 9, 2025
The animal research industry desperately wants us to believe it operates under strict scrutiny, but it never has.
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Ridglan Hit With 311 Offenses Amid Industry Catastrophizing
Rise for Animals, September 4, 2025
Wisconsin regulators are set to charge the industrial-scale dog breeder with 311 separate acts of unlawful neglect and veterinary malpractice, spanning years.
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TRS Labs Thanks Itself for Killing Dogs, Defends Ridglan
Rise for Animals, September 2, 2025
One of Ridglan Farms’ biggest customers stepped forward to defend the dog supplier under a court-ordered, state animal cruelty investigation.
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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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FASEB’s Letter to NIH Is a Blueprint for Sabotage
Rise for Animals, August 5, 2025
They're fighting to preserve the status quo as the rise of human-relevant science threatens the animal research industry’s death-grip on billions of federal dollars. 
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Meet the USDA’s “New” Animal Care Chief: An Industry Pick
Rise for Animals, July 30, 2025
Bernadette Juarez has resumed her role as Deputy Administrator for Animal Care at the USDA. And that should alarm every single one of us.
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Reclaiming “Guinea Pigs”: Beyond Icons of Animal Research
Rise for Animals, July 16, 2025
For centuries, humans (including researchers) have been exploiting guinea pigs for food, entertainment, and curiosity.