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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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Act Now to Help Take the Cruelty Out of Cosmetics!
The Rise for Animals Team, July 15, 2022
New legislation will put our ability to end cosmetic animal testing at risk—but you can do something about it.
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A member of Rise for Animals' rescue team cups a dog's face in her hands
Thanks to You: Cooper's 'Happily Ever After'
The Rise for Animals Team, June 18, 2022
After enduring unnecessary practice surgeries at the hands of veterinary students, Cooper is living a dog’s dream.
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Challenging USDA’s Secret Policy that Limits Lab Inspections
The Rise for Animals Team, April 5, 2022
A sneaky policy we helped unearth shows the USDA allows many animal research facilities to go largely unchecked. 
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Act Now to Save Animals and Modernize Science
The Rise for Animals Team, March 10, 2022
Let your lawmakers know animal protection and effective, ethical science are important to you. Urge your legislators to support the FDA Modernization Act of 2021 now.
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Let’s End Animal Testing for Cosmetics
The Rise for Animals Team, February 17, 2022
The Humane Cosmetics Act of 2021 was recently reintroduced to Congress. Now is your chance to act to save animals!
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Protecting Animals & Modernizing Science
The Rise for Animals Team, February 9, 2022
Recent victories that have saved animals in labs are proof momentum is on our side to end animal experimentation—sooner than you might think!
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One Lab, 495 Painful Animal Deaths, Zero Resulting Cures
The Rise for Animals Team, January 31, 2022
Sombering records we uncovered illustrate the intentional, painful deaths of hundreds of animals at the University of Pittsburgh in just one year.
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Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant is Science Gone Hog-Wild
The Rise for Animals Team, January 12, 2022
When it comes to life-saving organ transplants, the medical community already has proven human-based medical solutions. So why are scientists so focused on using animals?
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Mega-Breeder Profits While Cures Remain Elusive
The Rise for Animals Team, December 28, 2021
This is horror, greed, and animal cruelty at a scale that’s hard to comprehend.