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Victory for Primates in Labs: Judge Rules USDA Was Unlawful
The Rise for Animals Team, March 28, 2023
We took the USDA to court. A federal judge just ruled we secured an important victory for primates in labs.
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You Don’t Need to Dissect Animals to Learn Anatomy
The Rise for Animals Team, June 8, 2023
Let’s champion the use of cruelty-free, educationally superior, more cost-effective alternatives to animal dissection in the classroom.
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The Myth of the “Beast-Machine”: Animals Are Not Objects
The Rise for Animals Team, June 7, 2023
Nonhuman animals are not objects. They are living beings. And they are the same as humans in all ways that matter.
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Without Speciesism, Animal Experimentation Would Not Exist
The Rise for Animals Team, June 5, 2023
Speciesism is the belief system that underpins, empowers, and defends all manners of nonhuman animal use and exploitation, including experimentation. 
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It's National Hug Your Cat Day!
The Rise for Animals Team, June 4, 2023
Share this post in honor of the cats trapped in labs who cannot receive hugs today.
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It's World Animal Free Research Day!
The Rise for Animals Team, May 27, 2023
Animal free research is best for all, and it will take all of us to achieve it.
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The Animal Research Industry is Endangering Entire Species
The Rise for Animals Team, May 19, 2023
Rise for Animals has signed onto two petitions asking that long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques receive protection from the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Join us now.
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NASEM: An Animal Research Industry Front Group
The Rise for Animals Team, May 15, 2023
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (“NASEM”) is an animal research industry front group. 
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Look in a Lab: What’s Happening to Monkeys at UW?
The Rise for Animals Team, May 11, 2023
They drill through monkeys’ skulls and implant devices on their brains. They kill them, slice them apart, and sell off their body parts—like brains and eyes.
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Birds=Animals (Just Don't Ask the Animal Research Industry)
The Rise for Animals Team, May 4, 2023
It’s 2023, and birds bred for research, teaching, testing, or experimentation are not yet included in the definition of “animal” under the Animal Welfare Act.