Over 55,000 dogs are used in biomedical and chemical experiments in the United States each year. Join host Ellie Hansen, author of Laboratory Dogs Rescued, as she continues her eye-opening interviews about how we can work together to end the cruel and unnecessary use of dogs in research.
Dogs–sentient beings like you and I–suffer greatly in research laboratories, and few (if any) of the experiments they are used for actually benefit human health.
Truthful, inspiring, and educational…real dialogue with the people who are on the forefront of changing the animal testing paradigm.
Steffen Seitz, an attorney prosecuting Ridglan Farms for animal cruelty, exposes the disturbing truth behind the U.S.'s second-largest dog breeder for experimentation.
17 Aug 2024
FDA Modernization Act 3.0: Why Every American Should Care & Speak Up
On December 29, 2022 President Biden signed the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 into law which removed the 1938 requirement to use dogs and other animals as part of the process to obtain a license for new human drugs. While this law does not ban the use of animals in scientific research, it allows researchers to employ Novel Approach Methods (NAMs)--human-biology-based technologies such as organs-on-chips--instead of animal testing. NAMs have been proven to be more effective in predicting human safety of new drugs than animals.
Sounds like a great deal, right? Problem solved? So…why in the world are we still fighting to get dogs and other animals out of labs when we have the superior technology to essentially replace them, and a federal law which states you don’t have to use animals anymore? Why is animal use in experimentation sadly on the rise according to the latest government statistics?
To answer these questions, we’re joined by two prominent experts on this issue: Wayne Pacelle, founder of Animal Wellness Action; and Tamara Drake, Director of Research and Regulatory Policy with the Center for a Humane Economy. Together they were instrumental in the formulation and passage of the FDA Modernization Act 2.0. – which was, without question, the most important policy in U.S. history addressing animal testing.
However, now the FDA is stalling on their obligation to adhere to the provisions of FDA Modernization Act 2.0 law and are not advancing their regulatory policies to accept NAMs in human drug approval. This roadblock has led to the introduction of yet another bill, the FDA Modernization Act 3.0.
Get a genuine, inside look at industry, government, and politics surrounding animal testing, and why our voices are more important than ever in this inspiring episode of Dog Research Exposed.
2 May 2024
Rescuing the Beagles of Envigo: A Two-Year Anniversary Tribute
History was made during the summer of 2022. The massive research beagle breeding facility in Virginia called Envigo was officially shut down due to the large amount of animal welfare violations uncovered from inside. In this episode we get an in-depth look at how the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) carried out the Envigo rescue operation.
Lindsay Hamrick, Director of Shelter Outreach and Engagement for HSUS, was in charge of placing the nearly 4,000 beagles safely in the hands of rescue organizations around the country—and she and her team members had only 60 days to do it. She leads us through the enormousness of this rescue and how HSUS is now even better prepared to take on another project like this when it happens again.
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This episode is dedicated to all the survivors of Envigo—the nearly 4,000 beagles who were rescued by the Humane Society of the United States during the summer of 2022. It’s also dedicated to the many thousands of dogs who were sold to research facilities…who never got the chance to really live…to be the dogs they were born to be…our companions and our best friends.
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