Ridglan Farms’ abuses highlight yet one more example that beagle procurement leads to inhumane treatment, poor testing results Washington, D.C. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Rise for Animals, and other advocacy groups are urging the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. … Read more
The action is one more reverberation from the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 There’s some major movement on the front end of the trade in dogs for use in laboratories. Ridglan Farms, the nation’s second-largest supplier of beagles for laboratory experiments, has agreed to surrender its license to breed and sell dogs for experimentation. This comes … Read more
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. — Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), The Beagle Freedom Project, and Rise for Animals today cautiously celebrated the announcement, in the form of a settlement agreement, that Ridglan Farms will relinquish its license to breed and sell beagles for experimentation. … Read more
At a time when FDA and NIH are seeking to phase out testing on beagles and other animals, the Ridglan Farm operation is archaic, supplying beagles to laboratories BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. – Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy today commended the Wisconsin State Veterinary Examining Board for unanimously voting to suspend the … Read more
Primate use is enormously expensive and discredited as a reliable model for human disease WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., applauding his plan to favor human-based research technologies and urging him to wind down federal spending … Read more
New government roadmap reflects growing confidence in AI, organ chips, and other alternatives that outperform animals in safety testing for targeted therapies By Zaher Nahle On April 10, 2025, the FDA Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies was released by the regulatory agency, amidst cheers from animal welfare groups and advocates of … Read more
Major public health agencies in U.S. to pursue 21st-century, human-relevant testing methods You can listen to an AI-generated reading of this story here: Those of us who care about animals will long remember April 2025 as the month when everything began to turn around on the long-standing moral and scientific problems with animal testing and … Read more
With interlocking plans, the government’s major research agencies are leaving animal testing behind and pursuing 21st-century strategies to pursue more efficient and radically better outcomes for patients Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE) and Animal Wellness Action (AWA) applauded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on its plan to favor human-based … Read more
The FDA Roadmap and parallel efforts in Congress will unleash 21st-century technology to benefit patients desperate for cures and spare millions of animals from needless torment Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action celebrate the 46th World Day for Animals in Laboratories, bolstered by the visionary pledge of Food … Read more
The FDA Roadmap will unleash 21st-century technology that will benefit patients desperate for cures, reduce time-to-market for new drugs, lower drug prices, and spare animals from needless experimentation Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for a Humane Economy and Animal Wellness Action urged Congress to pass the FDA Modernization Act 3.0 and to provide full-throated support for … Read more