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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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In Defense of Animals
Frances Chrzan, October 17, 2019
“I’ve got a raccoon. Want to give me your number?” From across the parking lot of a convenience store came one of the strangest pick-up lines I ever heard.
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Your Tax Dollars Used to Deafen and Kill Kittens in CA
Nathan Herschler, September 20, 2019
Researchers at the University of California-Irvine are restraining healthy kittens and flooding their bodies with a drug that makes them deaf. Take two minutes to make it
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Rabbits exposed to anthrax “might die” at Southern Research
Amy Meyer, September 18, 2019
Request the USDA fine Southern Research for their horrible treatment of rabbits.
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BREAKING: Rep. Roybal-Allard Demands NIH “Count and Reduce”
The NEAVS Team, September 11, 2019
Despite the fact that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) claims it’s working to reduce the number of animals used in the experiments it funds, it’s also true that th
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Scholarly Journals Can Help Stop Abusive Primate Research
Mike Ryan, September 11, 2019
As of 2019, over 70 top scholarly journals will seemingly publish any research on primates, without considering the inherent ethical concerns.
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EPA Announces Plan to Phase Out Many Animal Experiments
The NEAVS Team, September 11, 2019
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that by 2035, they will have eliminated experimentation on mammals
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5 Reasons Animal Testing is Undergoing a Permanent Shift
Nathan Herschler, August 5, 2019
Aristotle believed that there was a hierarchy of animals, with humans on top. Aristotle was also an asshole, believing that men had more value than women, and that “Helle
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EXPOSED: Dozens of labs are freezing animals alive
Amy Meyer, July 30, 2019
There is a haunting trend in labs: being frozen alive due to negligence.
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The Status Quo Kills Animals
Nathan Herschler, July 25, 2019
Here’s the truth: animal experiments are archaic and unnecessary. They don’t work.