We're an animal rights 501(C)(3) organization on a mission to end animal experimentation. We expose cruelty in labs, save animals, mobilize support, get laws passed, and advocate for ethical, effective research that's better for all. riseforanimals.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mu5ticy2ts2rThis week in animal research: 🐒 How labs keep monkeys isolated—and get away with it 🔬 EPA advances animal-free testing 🐵 UC Davis cited over monkey injuries 🐭 VCU halts an inhumane mouse study Get all the news: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-aug-28-2026/ #animalrights #endanimalresearch #stopanimaltesting28 Aug 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ticy2ts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mu3it5eht22yA monkey trapped in a laboratory bites herself in the same spot, over and over, until her fur is gone and her skin won’t close. Does she seem okay to you? See how U.S. federal law and research guidelines allow solitary confinement of social animals: https://riseforanimals.org/news/the-loneliest-monkeys-in-america #animalrights https://riseforanimals.org/news/the-loneliest-monkeys-in-america/27 Aug 2026 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3it5eht22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mtm5lnrsfs2lThis week in animal research: 🔎 Two inspectors led 46 of 48 Marshall BioResources inspections 🐒 Massachusetts lab warned after primates killed, injured 🌏 U.S. demand fuels international monkey trade 🗳 The politics of animal rights https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-aug-21-2026/ #animalrights #endanimalreseatch21 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm5lnrsfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mtefuyikn22oMarshall BioResources touts its “clean” USDA inspection record. We reviewed 12 years of reports. The same two inspectors led 46 of 48 inspections—and reports with more inspectors were more likely to document non-compliance. So what does “clean” really mean? 🔎 https://riseforanimals.org/news/mbr-two-inspectors/18 Aug 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtefuyikn22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mt2snufhcs2h🦎 It's #WorldLizardDay. While we're celebrating these amazing animals today, we're also thinking of those used and killed in laboratory experiments. In recent NIH-funded research, scientists amputated lizards’ tails and hind legs. (1/6)14 Aug 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2snufhcs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mt2agrwujk2fThis week's news: 🐶 The last beagles are free from Ridglan Farms 🏭 Marshall BioResources holds 26,000+ dogs, ferrets at one site 🐒 UW–Madison monkey injuries prompt calls for investigation 🔬 Former primate scientist on why she walked away 📰 And more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-aug-14-2026 #animalrights https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-aug-14-2026/14 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2agrwujk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3msvxx5kcak24If you've followed the rescue of 2,000+ beagles from Ridglan Farms, you need to know about Marshall BioResources. In May '26, federal inspectors reported: 9,171 adult dogs, 5,394 puppies, and 11,706 ferrets. That's 26,271 animals at just ONE site. SEE INSIDE: https://riseforanimals.org/news/inside-marshall-412 Aug 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvxx5kcak24https://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3msiudvzwcs2zThis week in animal research: 🩺 The truth about “vet-supervised” research 🐒 U.S. denies protections for endangered lab monkeys 🐷 Piglet deaths at Johns Hopkins 🐶 Protests for Ridglan beagles 🏛 Political pressure on animal research grows READ MORE: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-aug-7-2026 #animalrights07 Aug 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiudvzwcs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3msg6t3kusc2eVeterinarians in labs aren’t there to protect animals. They’re there to keep experiments running. A new industry-backed survey asks Americans to trust a safeguard that largely doesn’t exist. Read more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/the-lab-vets-job-is-not-to-protect-animals #animalrights #animalprotection #antivivisection https://riseforanimals.org/news/the-lab-vets-job-is-not-to-protect-animals/06 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg6t3kusc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mrx5aqllpc2eThis week in animal research news: 🐒 Primate sanctuary plan rejected at OHSU 📊 An industry-backed poll designed to protect animal experimentation 🐶 Ridglan Farms’ lead vet loses license in WI 🏛 Camp Beagle wins in court 🥾 Monkey loses arm at UW-Madison Read more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-jul-31-202631 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5aqllpc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mruy5b2goc2jA new industry-backed Ipsos poll claims Americans support animal research—but its sponsor, sample, and leading questions suggest it was built to shape public opinion, not measure it. Learn more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/inside-the-poll-built-to-save-an-oregon-primate-lab30 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruy5b2goc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mrshnftuo22gOHSU’s primate research center isn't becoming a sanctuary. Its new resolution sets no firm timeline, guarantees no animals sanctuary, and preserves primate experimentation. Thousands of monkeys remain trapped. Nearly every meaningful question remains unanswered. https://riseforanimals.org/news/no-onprc-sanctuary https://riseforanimals.org/news/no-onprc-sanctuary/29 Jul 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrshnftuo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mrftsnoc3c2xThis week in animal research news: FDA Modernization Act 3.0 passes House; mouse studies got basic human blood science wrong; a rescued beagle takes on Capitol Hill; OHSU may continue experimenting on monkeys; activists to march 207 miles to Marshall; and more. https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-jul-24-2026/24 Jul 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrftsnoc3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mrddq7vldc2wResearchers have long based their understanding of human red blood cell formation almost entirely on mice. A new study shows the basic assumption was wrong. Animals don't merely fail to predict human biology. They can obscure it. riseforanimals.org/news/animal-researchers-got-blood-science-wrong/ https://riseforanimals.org/news/animal-researchers-got-blood-science-wrong/23 Jul 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrddq7vldc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mr6oyuv4vk2tGreat news! Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (H.R. 2821). The bipartisan bill would require the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to remove outdated animal-testing requirements from its regulations. LEARN MORE: https://riseforanimals.org/news/fda-modernization-act-30-passes-house/21 Jul 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6oyuv4vk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqtyxosxbc2oThis Week in Animal Research News: 🐬 Dolphin swallowed artificial vagina in SeaWorld-linked study 🍽️ Guinea pigs for dinner? 🐱 NIH kitten experiments 🐒 Proposed monkey sanctuary may be dead ☠️ Rodents in labs killed with pens, scissors Stories here: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-jul-17-2026/ #animalrights17 Jul 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtyxosxbc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqs2kghyyc2vYou wouldn’t eat your cat or dog, so why are guinea pigs any different? It’s a fair question—and one that shouldn’t end at the dinner table. Every human-defined label—pet, food, or test subject—can become an excuse to exploit animals. DETAILS: https://riseforanimals.org/news/test-subjects-on-the-dinner-table/ #animalrights16 Jul 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs2kghyyc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqrzvbmelk25Federal records we uncovered reveal a captive dolphin swallowed an "experimental artificial vagina" during a semen-collection procedure in a Texas A&M-Corpus Christi study linked to SeaWorld. FULL STORY: https://riseforanimals.org/news/dolphin-swallowed-artificial-vagina-in-seaworld-linked-study/ #animalrights #animalprotection #endanimalresearch16 Jul 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrzvbmelk25https://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqmxrqmzns2mCows are not meat, milk machines, leather, research models, or disposable bodies. They are someones. This #CowAppreciationDay, see how cows are exploited across animal agriculture and animal research: https://riseforanimals.org/news/cows-exploited/ #animalrights #endanimaltesting #vegan14 Jul 2026 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmxrqmzns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqmeruafpc23This #WorldChimpanzeeDay, we’re celebrating what sanctuary makes possible—and remembering the decades of freedom stolen from these #chimpanzees before they finally reached it. Freedom should never have to wait a lifetime. Their story: https://riseforanimals.org/news/chimps-in-the-woods/ #chimps #endanimaltesting14 Jul 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmeruafpc23https://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqcpbmw27s2bThe Latest Animal Research News —CDC monkeys’ retirement at risk —Horrific experiments on cats in U.S. labs —Baboons escape breeding colony —Ridglan Farms legal drama continues —New animal welfare violations at UC Davis Primate Center —And more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-jul-10-2026/ #animalrights10 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcpbmw27s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mqajjysbgk2aSevered spinal cords. Forced cannibalism. Electric shocks. This isn't horror fiction. It's the reality for many cats and kittens trapped inside U.S. laboratories. DETAILS: https://riseforanimals.org/news/cats-in-labs #WorldKittenDay #animalrights #stopanimaltesting #endanimalresearch https://riseforanimals.org/news/cats-in-labs-2/09 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqajjysbgk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mq67clmo7s2yThe animal research industry is fighting the CDC’s plan to retire monkeys to sanctuary, pushing instead to keep them within the research pipeline under the guise of “retirement.” Learn more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/cdc-monkeys/ #animalrights #animalprotection #endanimalexperimentation08 Jul 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq67clmo7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mply5zb7j22jCheck out the latest in human-relevant science and alternatives to animal research! New approach methodologies (NAMs) are transforming drug development, cardiovascular research, blindness studies, and much more: https://riseforanimals.org/news/sci-news-jun-2026/ #NAMs #ethicalresearch #endanimalexperimentation01 Jul 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mply5zb7j22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mpjskqslg22g“Time is not an abstract concept. Every year lost to ineffective research pathways is measured in lives.” Kevin J. Morrison, who lives with ALS, explains why medicine must move beyond animal experiments and toward human-centered research. Read the full interview: https://riseforanimals.org/news/kevin-james-morrison-interview/30 Jun 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjskqslg22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mp7cdd4omc2xThis Week in Animal Research News: 🙈 Charles River Labs’ expansion into the monkey supply chain 🔎 Repeated cage flooding that killed mice at Notre Dame ❤️ New updates about beagles rescued from Ridglan Farms 📰 And more: riseforanimals.org/news/news-jun-26-2026 #animalrights #stopanimaltesting https://riseforanimals.org/news/news-jun-26-202626 Jun 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7cdd4omc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mp57mmr24c2gWe uncovered records that show 22 animals drowned after their cages flooded again and again—at least 96 times!—between February and August 2023 in a @notredame.bsky.social laboratory. DETAILS: https://riseforanimals.org/news/notre-dame-floods/ #animalresearch #endanimallabs #mice #animalrights #animalprotection25 Jun 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp57mmr24c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mp2fsx5akc27Urge your U.S. Representative to support the PRIMATE Act and help shut down the pipeline that routes monkeys from their wild homes to U.S. laboratory cages. SEND YOUR LETTER: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/primate-act/ #animaladvocacy #nonhumanprimates #animalprotection #animalrights #endanimallabs24 Jun 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2fsx5akc27https://bsky.app/profile/riseforanimals.bsky.social/post/3mp2diylwns2pJust months after the U.S. quietly closed its investigation into Charles River Laboratories’ suspected trafficking of wild, endangered monkeys into the country, the company has bought part of the very supply chain in question: https://riseforanimals.org/news/crl-primate-trade/ #animalprotection #endanimalresearch24 Jun 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:oj5cldv6zf2ftyi3432igbm7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2diylwns2p