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Join Us: Free Q&A with Co-Directors of THE ANIMAL PEOPLE
The Rise for Animals Team, January 8, 2025
You're invited to a special online group discussion and Q&A session with Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly, co-directors of The Animal People. 
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February is Adopt-A-Rescued-Rabbit Month
The Rise for Animals Team, February 1, 2023
Thousands of rabbits need rescuing from U.S. labs.
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All Macaques Deserve to be Free
The Rise for Animals Team, January 19, 2023
For animals trapped in laboratories, even routine chores are the stuff of nightmares.
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Congress Passes the FDA Modernization Act 2.0
The Rise for Animals Team, December 28, 2022
This Act eliminates a federal mandate, which has been in place since 1938, requiring FDA-approved drugs to have been tested on non-human animals.
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Act Now to Protect Animals from Cosmetics Testing (Again)
The Rise for Animals Team, December 22, 2022
Animals in labs need you to take action right now against a federal spending bill that’s threatening to nullify existing state-level anti-cruelty laws.
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Science as a Shield
The Rise for Animals Team, December 16, 2022
More evidence confirms that researchers testing on animals aren’t looking for cures.
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Look in a Lab: Blue Ridge Kennel
The Rise for Animals Team, December 13, 2022
Malnourished and ailing dogs. Inadequate medical care. Incomplete veterinary records. Unsafe environments. This is Blue Ridge Kennel in Wetumpka, Alabama.
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The Animal Welfare Act Protects Just 5% of Animals in Labs
The Rise for Animals Team, December 5, 2022
The Animal Welfare Act is supposed to provide protections for animals in laboratories. So why are 95% of animals in labs exempt?
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Even Farmed Animals Are Used and Abused in Research
The Rise for Animals Team, November 30, 2022
Farmed animals are brutally exploited by the animal research industry. Many of these animals are offered zero protections under the law.
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#GivingTuesday 2022: In Honor of Helen
The Rise for Animals Team, November 28, 2022
On this day of global generosity, help us shift science away from harmful, ineffective experiments on animals and toward better, human-relevant methods instead.