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First Look: The Newest Animal Research Data
Rise for Animals, June 12, 2026
We found that reported animal use appears to have declined in 2025, but increases in cat and monkey use and major reporting gaps complicate the picture.
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Ridglan Farms: The Horrific Fates of Dogs Not Rescued
Rise for Animals, June 5, 2026
We traced beagles from Ridglan Farms into a research lab. Here’s exactly what we believe happened to them based on records and photos we obtained from UW-Madison.
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Their Skulls Were Crushed. The Case Was Closed.
Rise for Animals, May 28, 2026
It's business as usual in the animal research industry—a self-protecting system that absorbs animals’ deaths, labels the incidents “noncompliance,” and moves on.
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Cows Are Exploited On Farms and in Labs
Rise for Animals, May 20, 2026
Cows aren't just victims of farms or labs—they're victims of one interconnected industry that profits from exploiting their bodies, babies, and lives.
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Industry in Tailspin, Compares Animal Labs to Daycares
Rise for Animals, April 14, 2026
The animal research industry is in damage-control mode—and a new piece in The Scientist reveals just how far it will go to defend the indefensible.
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Baby Macaque Discarded Alive in Cooler at UW Lab
Rise for Animals, April 9, 2026
A federal record shows University of Washington staff placed a living, breathing baby monkey in a cooler, exposing failures in lab oversight and AAALAC accreditation.
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“Any Female Can Be Bred”: Researchers’ War on Female Bodies
Rise for Animals, April 8, 2026
Researchers subject female monkeys to repeated reproductive violation, exposing how animal experimentation wages war on female bodies.
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Days After the Rescue, Ridglan Peddles Beagles at ToxExpo
Rise for Animals, March 31, 2026
While rescuers were still watching twenty-two dogs take their first steps in safety, Ridglan Farms was setting up a sales booth.
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Shock, Suppress, Slice, Repeat: Inside a “Fear” Lab
Rise for Animals, March 30, 2026
Behind the clinical language of “fear conditioning” lies a stark reality: mice are shocked, retraumatized, killed, and held up as a model for human PTSD.