Conversations around animal breeding and testing facilities have intensified in recent months following several high-profile rescue efforts across the United States. Many of the dogs removed from those environments are now being placed in homes and shelters where they are slowly adapting to a completely different life.

"The U.S. Government is the single largest funder of animal testing in the world," Goodman said. When Laurie Simmons announced a deal to free 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, west of Madison, the founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue gave President Trump's health secretary a verbal pat on the back.

A Wisconsin animal laboratory testing facility has been shut down – with at least a little help from Rep. Nick Langworthy. Langworthy sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya urging immediate action to end National Institutes of Health funding for research involving dogs sourced from Ridglan Farms as well as

The Beagle Freedom Project is transforming a 30-acre property in Oklahoma that used to be an animal testing facility into Freedom Fields Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...

Distressing and cruel medical experiments conducted on beagles at the National Institutes of Health that have resulted in the deaths of thousands of dogs are no more. All the projects that performed tests on beagles have ended. The White Coat Waste Project ...

Animal rights groups forged a deal to rescue 1,500 beagles from a troubled Wisconsin research facility after chaotic protests led to the arrest of several activists last month — though the fate of hundreds of pooches left behind remains unclear.