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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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The Problem Is Bigger Than You Can Imagine
The Rise for Animals Team, February 5, 2021
Numbers from one of the of the country’s most notorious animal laboratories, OHSU, clue us into the immense scale of the overall animal experimentation industry.
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Animals in Virginia Have a Chance at Post-Research Adoption
Frances Chrzan, February 4, 2021
Virginia is considering a post-research adoption bill for dogs and cats.
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2021: Our Year to Save Animals
Nathan Herschler, Executive Director, January 19, 2021
Against all odds, we are emerging from 2020 knowing change is possible.
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Extreme Primate Suffering at Covance Laboratories, Inc.
Frances Chrzan, January 5, 2021
After uncovering alarming evidence of animal abuse, we want the USDA to inspect this lab again.
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NASA Killed Every Primate in Its Possession on a Single Day
Frances Chrzan, December 22, 2020
Rise for Animals has uncovered the mass killing of monkeys at NASA last—deaths that must be investigated.
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Mice Suffer and Die at Columbia University
Frances Chrzan, December 18, 2020
It’s time they count and reduce the number of animals they use in experiments.
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3 Elderly Primates Trapped at the University of Wisconsin
Frances Chrzan, December 16, 2020
Ask UW-Madison to send these primates to sanctuary.
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Breaking: We’re Taking USDA to Court
Frances Chrzan, December 15, 2020
We hope this lawsuit will require USDA to create a standard rule regarding primate psychological enrichment.
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We’re Suing to Get Video Proof of Baby Primate Abuse
Frances Chrzan, December 3, 2020
The federal government is breaking the law by ignoring our Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA) so we’ve decided to sue them over it.