ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Half a dozen dogs arrived in Round Rock Friday after an animal cruelty prevention organization rescued them from a laboratory in Mexico. The Rescue + Freedom Project took in six dogs as well as five rabbits and six guinea pigs. The charity said the animals were “subjected to a life of confinement” and testing at a lab. “These animals don’t have a voice. We’re their voice for them. They never asked to be sold to a laboratory,” volunteer Martin Palmer said. “There’s no reason for…
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Charity rescues dogs and other animals from Mexico, brings them to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) – This isn’t your average pet adoption story. “The 6 dogs we got from Mexico was sold from a pound down there, sold to a non-disclosed laboratory university we were fortunate enough to have a group of people down there. They go to these places and ask if they have any dogs ready to be relinquished.” Martin Palmer is a volunteer at Rescue + Freedom Project saves animals all around the globe from laboratory experiments, hoarding cases, the meat trade, unique captivity and cruelty, and…
A new year, a new life
My little girl Winnie spent over a year as a laboratory test subject. Winnie – like most of our rescued beagles – suffers from night terrors. She screams, frightened and afraid – and all I can do is hold her and reassure her that she will never be hurt again. With lots of love, patience and time, Winnie has replaced fearfulness with rebellion. We have replaced her pain with love. Winnie is a fighter. And she needs YOUR help to fight for more animals in 2019. Help Winnie give more…
Inspirational beagle Bea is making the most of life outside of laboratories
Bea the Beagle is our Pooch of the Month for December 2018. Usually we nominate a Parliamentarian of the Month to celebrate the work decision-makers do for animals. But this month we celebrate the inspirational story of Bea the Beagle who was saved from a life of painful experiments by the Rescue + Freedom Project and adopted by a loving family. During our Lead the Way campaign to stop cruel and unnecessary UK dog tests which gathered more than 80,000 petition signatures, wonderful support from Bea and her rescue family…
Paralyzed beagle found in Floyd County dump. She might have been lab test animal
A dog with paralyzed back legs was rescued from a dump near Martin in Floyd County, where it had apparently been left, rescuers said. Dixie Rose is a beagle with a tattoo in her ear, which led rescuers to speculate that she was formerly a lab test animal, said Candice Thies of Stanton, who works with the Rescue Freedom Project. The Rescue Freedom Project is investigating Dixie Rose’s history and how she got in the dump. “Her back legs were paralyzed, but she was trying to crawl up to the…
Dog In Need Of Forever Home After Being Left At Floyd County Dump Paralyzed, Likely Used For Lab Testing
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) – A dog in Floyd County is recovering after what was likely a very rough start in life. Rescuers believe she was used for lab testing before being left in a county dump partially paralyzed. The pup has been named Dixie Rose. Candice Theis with the Rescue Freedom Project says while they don’t know exactly what she’s been through, a marking tattooed in her ear means she was likely tested on in a lab. “I mean look at her, just…it tears me up to think…
Dumped by a Laboratory
WELCOME TO THE DIRTY, DARK WORLD OF ANIMAL TESTING…. Dumped in a cold, dark place where people throw out their garbage – paralyzed Dixie Rose found herself trying to maneuver around tires, couches, and old boards before she was able to crawl up into the road to be seen. Brave rescuers swooped in to save Dixie Rose and contacted us because they needed the help of an organization dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating laboratory testing survivors. Dixie Rose bares the horrific ear tattoo marking of research laboratories that use dogs…
BFF's enjoy Freedom together!
Mini + Maria are blind, animal testing survivors. For years, these senior, blind beagles experienced pain, isolation, cruelty and neglect. When we saw the deplorable conditions they were living in, we stepped in to secure their release. They had never known the comfort of a bed, the love of another, or feeling the sunshine on their face. read more
Lawsuit Over Mizzou's $82,222 Public Records Fees Can Go to Trial, Judge Says
When members of the Beagle Freedom Project put in Sunshine law requests for records related to the care of lab animals at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the California-based non-profit wasn’t asking for anything too onerous: The university is required to maintain the records for federal inspectors. Yet somehow Mizzou determined that producing them would require staffers to be paid as much as $125/hour — and ultimately socked members with bills totaling $82,222 just to get a look. Unlike far too many individuals and, yes, journalists confronted with such stonewalling, the…
University of Missouri to go on trial over Sunshine Law practices
The animal rights group suing the University of Missouri over an estimated $82,000 charge for researching and copying public records won a victory Friday when Circuit Judge Jeff Harris ruled the case would go to trial. Harris rejected the university’s request that he enter a judgment in its favor and end the lawsuit by Animal Rescue Media Education, which also operates under the name the Beagle Freedom Project. The organization sued the university in 2016, charging that it had set the cost so high for its records that it effectively…
Cali
Cali’s story is the ultimate story of survival. She was scared and alone on the streets of China; lost and with no one to protect her. She likely spent her time running from people and scavenging for her next meal. One day, she was caught by some people intent on making her into dinner. read more
An Advocate for Saving Laboratory Animals and Helping People Live a Cruelty-Free Life
A native of Studio City, California, Shannon Keith was raised as an only child where animals were always her best friends. “I grew up with all kinds of rescue animals – dogs and cats, and animal we’d rescue from the street, including injured birds and such. My mother was very encouraging of that. So it was a very nurturing atmosphere that cared for animals.” By the time she got to college she decided to become an animal rights attorney. “When I first heard that animals were considered chattel, meaning a…