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"Bottomless" Issues: Whistleblower’s Account of OHSU’s Labs
Guest Author: A Former OHSU Husbandry Staff Member, March 6, 2025
A former Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) husbandry staff member exposes their experiences in the school's animal research facilities.
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2020 Pandemic Silver Lining: Fewer Animals in Experiments
Amy Meyer, August 10, 2021
Recently released data from animal experimentation labs reveal the number of animals used in experiments in 2020 went down.
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Michigan's Cats and Dogs in Labs Have a Chance at Adoption
Natassia Tuhovak, July 19, 2021
H.B. 4881 and 4882 are giving cats and dogs used in experiments a chance at a new life.
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Lab Staff Can't Keep Track of Their Baby Monkeys
Frances Chrzan, July 14, 2021
Demand an investigation into staff failure at this National Primate Research Center.
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California S.B. 252: A Bill to Save Countless Dogs and Cats
Frances Chrzan, July 14, 2021
With Californians' continued support, this life-saving bill will become law.
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A close up of a monkey's paw
Emory: Strip the Honor of Robert Yerkes, Close Primate Lab
Amy Meyer, July 8, 2021
Emory University should strip the honor of Robert Yerkes by shutting down the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.
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WATCH: Rare Video Released from ASU Primate Lab
Amy Meyer, July 7, 2021
Footage shows a monkey with a surgically implanted "head cap" running in circles in a barren cage at Arizona State University. 
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Calling all law students!
Interested in Taking an Animal Law Course?
The Rise for Animals Team, June 24, 2021
This summer, take an online legal course on animal experiments offered by the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School.
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Another Lab Hangs Mice by Their Tails for Cruel Experiments
Natassia Tuhovak, June 22, 2021
It's excruciating, terrifying, and unnatural. Experimenters are hanging mice upside-down for a week.
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Shelves hold rows and rows of white rats in small, clear plastic cages
Deciphering Deceitful Language Used by Experimenters
Amy Meyer, June 22, 2021
Words matter. Animal experimenters know it. That’s why they choose their words carefully when they describe how they are hurting animals.