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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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You're Ending Animal Experimentation. Don’t Stop Now.
Nathan Herschler, October 26, 2020
Recently, Rise for Animals announced our bold new goal: to end animal experimentation in our lifetime.
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Sabotage! Scientist kills pregnant mice to ruin experiment
The Rise for Animals Team, October 15, 2020
A disgruntled scientist squeezed the life out of seven pregnant mice. You’ll never believe what happened at a renowned teaching hospital in Boston.
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Lab Hangs Animals by Their Tails for Cruel Experiments
Frances Chrzan, October 10, 2020
Brookhaven National Lab, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, suspends rodents by their tails for experiments.
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What Were Their Names?
Lindsay Oliver, September 1, 2020
Two monkeys were killed after being put in a cage washing machine at the Oregon National Primate Research Center.
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Mama Girl, a white rat with red eyes, sits in a clean and cozy cage post-rescue
My Rat Rescue Mission
Lindsay Oliver, August 31, 2020
The "sac rack" is where animals wait to be killed after experimenters are done with them.
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First Children, Now Animals—Dead at Hospital
The Rise for Animals Team, August 24, 2020
In a Seattle hospital where bad air filtration is linked to the deaths of children, newly uncovered documents show animals are being killed too.
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A baby mouse, its skin pink and translucent, curls up in a person's open palm
Baby Mice Wake Up in Frozen Body Bags
The Rise for Animals Team, August 18, 2020
When laboratory workers peered into a cage that was supposed to contain only three adult female mice—it was teaming with newborns.
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We Hear You
Amy Meyer, August 18, 2020
Even when your concerns are ignored by the institutions that are supposed to protect animals in labs, we hear you.
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The small, furry hand of an infant monkey clutches a human finger
Inside the Monkey Lab
Madeline Krasno, August 12, 2020
Madeline Krasno, a former student animal caretaker, shares her experience at the infamous Harlow Primate Lab.