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Animal Research News Roundup: February 27, 2026
Rise for Animals, February 27, 2026
Here are all this week's biggest stories in animal research in one convenient place.
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He Died in His Cage. The System Said It Did Nothing Wrong.
Rise for Animals, February 26, 2026
This baboon’s death illustrates how the current oversight system does not exist to eliminate harm to animals. Rather, it expects harm and exists to manage it.
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Of Mice and Moths: There’s No Justice in Swapping Victims
Rise for Animals, February 25, 2026
Justice that depends on someone “lower” to absorb the violence isn’t justice at all—it’s discrimination dressed up as reform.
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Animal Research News Roundup: February 20, 2026
Rise for Animals, February 20, 2026
Here are all this week's biggest stories in animal research in one convenient place.
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One Year Later: Friendships Bloom Among Freed Chimps
Rise for Animals, February 19, 2026
With the help of your advocacy and your generous support through a grant from Rise for Animals, the chimps are finally enjoying fresh air and friendships.
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The “Science” of Stealing a Mother’s Milk Mid-Flight
Rise for Animals, February 18, 2026
In a bizarre PR stunt in 1930, a cow was forced onto an airplane, flown, and milked mid-air. Her "fresh-squeezed" "sky milk" was parachuted to spectators waiting below.
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Animal Research News Roundup: February 13, 2026
Rise for Animals, February 13, 2026
Here are all this week's biggest stories in animal research in one convenient place.
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When Biotech Opposes Better Science, Follow the Money
Rise for Animals, February 12, 2026
When 13 of 14 speakers support a bill requiring validated non-animal research methods… and the only opposition comes from a biotech lobbyist—it’s time to follow the money
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OHSU’s Primate Lab to Become a Primate Sanctuary?
Rise for Animals, February 10, 2026
The university's Board of Directors passed a resolution that authorizes negotiations with the NIH about the future of the Oregon National Primate Research Center.