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FDA Still Putting Animal Research Ahead of Public Health
Rise for Animals, July 29, 2025
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Unsealed: What the USDA Saw
Rise for Animals, July 24, 2025
Get a rare and recent glimpse inside U.S. animal labs, through official government photos just released to Rise for Animals after our request for visual records.
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Researchers Get Paid to Step on Baby Snakes
Rise for Animals, July 23, 2025
Their “hypothesis”? That agitating snakes by stepping on them will make them more likely to bite in self-defense.
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The Cold War Is Over — But Not for Monkeys
Rise for Animals, July 15, 2025
The Cold War may be history, but its legacy lives on through the mass breeding and exploitation of monkeys in U.S. research labs.
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NIH Backs NAMS – Now We Must Guard Against Co-optation
The Rise for Animals Team, July 9, 2025
This announcement inspires hope for a cultural shift in biomedical research — one that elevates ethics and finds roots in human biology.
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Take Action: Support the Humane Cosmetics Act
Rise for Animals, June 18, 2025
This legislation would ban the use of animals in testing cosmetics or cosmetic ingredients and prohibit the sale and transport of animal-tested cosmetics in the U.S.
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More Animals Reported by Labs, Again
Rise for Animals, June 17, 2025
The USDA has finally released most of its 2024 Annual Reports for U.S. animal research facilities. Here, we've compiled and analyzed all the data for you.
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CCTV in Labs? Checkmate for Vivisectors
Rise for Animals, June 11, 2025
What if every laboratory, every caged animal, and their every scream behind closed doors could finally be seen and heard?
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Act Now: Demand Transparency from Government-Funded Labs
Rise for Animals, June 10, 2025
The Federal Animal Research Accountability Act (H.R. 3295) would enhance transparency into US labs, providing the numbers of animals held, used, and killed for research.