4,000 beagles

During the summer of 2022, our Animal Rescue Team, with the support of our shelter and rescue partners, removed nearly 4,000 beagles from a mass breeding facility that received multiple Animal Welfare Act violations for issues such as inadequate veterinary care and insufficient food. Many of these dogs were bound for animal testing laboratories across the country. In July 2022, our Animal Rescue Team started transporting the beagles to shelter and rescue partners across the country. By September 1, all 3,776 were on their way to loving homes!

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Happy anniversary to the nearly 4,000 beagles!

It's been one year since our Animal Rescue Team, with the support of our shelter and rescue partners, removed nearly 4,000 beagles during the summer of 2022 from a mass breeding facility that received multiple Animal Welfare Act violations for issues such as inadequate veterinary care and insufficient food.

We're still fighting for beagles

An estimated 50 million animals, including beagles, are still being used in laboratories every year in the United States. Not only are the experiments unnecessary, but these animals live in filthy conditions and are typically killed when the experiment ends.

At the very least, animals in research laboratories deserve to receive basic care. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is tasked with inspecting regulated research laboratories once a year to ensure that cats, monkeys, rabbits and other animals at the lab are receiving care that meets the very basic standards of the Animal Welfare Act. But starting in 2019, USDA secretly stopped doing that very important job.

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Beagle plays with staff at Adams County SPCA

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HSUS staff plays with beagle at care and rehab center

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Thank you to our partners

This extraordinary operation would not have been possible without the support of our shelter and rescue partners all over the country. We're so grateful to everyone who helped us achieve this.

4,000 beagles

We're still fighting for beagles

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