Exit of animal use critics from the Trump administration, opposition from major research funder, & Trump policy-driven surge in Chinese lab demand stimulate “monkey hoarding” HILLSBORO, Oregon––Hopes that the Oregon National Primate Research Center might become a sanctuary for the almost 5,000 resident monkeys and baboons appear to have been dashed by Oregon Health & […]
Trump admin plays up “crush video” prosecutions, drops “Big Lick” cases
And may not retire the CDC monkeys to sanctuary after all WASHINGTON, D.C.––A June 24, 2026 media release from the Donald Trump-aligned Pacific Legal Foundation and a June 25, 2026 media release from the Department of Justice present entirely opposite perspectives on Trump administration cruelty law enforcement––but both imply praise of Trump for government […]
Under-the-table backroom deal frees the last of the Ridglan Farms beagles
Beagles bark, money talks, & the two Waynes whose work achieved the deal––Hsiung & Pacelle ––are left chained to the doghouse BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––The decade-long campaign to close the Ridglan Farms beagles-for-research breeding facility begun by Direct Action Everywhere founder and Simple Heart blogger Wayne Hsiung in 2017 can now be called a victory, at […]
Inotive bankruptcy suggests laboratory monkey business is in a death spiral
Monkey business boom & bust cycle echoes the beginning of the end for chimp use in biomedical research WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana––The June 3, 2026 bankruptcy declaration of laboratory monkey supplier Inotiv, Inc. and 18 affiliated debtors may signify that biomedical research use of monkeys has entered the same boom-and-bust death spiral that killed biomedical research […]
Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D., represented the range of animal advocacy
Both Alan Cooper & John Pippin, M.D. were felled by long struggles with debilitating illness It would be difficult to imagine two animal advocates with less in common than Alan Cooper and John Pippin, M.D., except that both were veterans of more than 20 years in animal advocacy on a variety of fronts, and died […]
Bigger than Ridglan beagles: Ontario bans dog & cat use in medical research
Wayne Hsiung set for trial, Wayne Pacelle buys more beagles, Colorado dog & cat lab closes, & Born Free USA to get retired CDC monkeys BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin; TORONTO, Ontario; DILLEY, Texas––The Ridglan beagles and the two Waynes, Wayne Pacelle and Wayne Hsiung, as of June 22, 2026 continued to dominate the news pertaining […]
FDA commissioner Makary, critic of animal testing, gets the Trump boot
Following the Marty Makary & Pam Bondi exits, the last animal friends in the White House may be rats in the woodwork WASHINGTON D.C.––Resigning on May 12, 2026 under direct pressure from U.S. president Donald Trump, former U.S. Food & Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary dashed with his forced exit whatever illusions anyone may still […]
Ridglan Farms beagle purchase: smokescreen for Farm Bill disaster
1,500 beagles win; 76 million pigs lose. WASHINGTON D.C.; MIDDLETON, Wisconsin––Even as the U.S. House of Representatives on the morning of April 30, 2026 passed the 2026 Farm Bill, by a vote of 224-200, which if also passed by the U.S. Senate would erase Wayne Pacelle’s signature political achievements on behalf of 76 million farmed […]
“Open rescuers” lick wounds; Ridglan Farms cited for deep do-do
Dane County Sheriff’s Office response on April 18, 2026 was most violent in history of U.S. animal advocacy MADISON, Wisconsin––Two days after about 200 animal advocates on April 18, 2026 attempted an open rescue of 1,500 to 2,000 beagles at the Ridglan Farms laboratory research beagle breeding facility near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, the most […]
Ridglan Farms round #2: tear gas, mass busts, & no beagles rescued
About 200 protesters were met with clouds of gas & a media release barrage of excrement BLUE MOUNDS, Wisconsin––The one reliable statistic emerging from the April 18, 2026 attempted open rescue of 1,500 beagles believed to remain at the Ridglan Farms breeding complex near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin was that not one beagle was removed […]