Four healthy dogs were slated to be euthanized after an experiment, Sandra Smieszek made sure the canines were adopted instead Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

There’s no scientific basis for the view that lab dogs are inherently different from pets, or that they were somehow not ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (WSVN) — A group of beagles that spent their entire lives within the confines of a laboratory are now taking their first steps toward forever homes. Canadian-based rescue ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon--a change that's based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

Those of us who work in animal shelters see animals in pain every day. We continue our work because, in many cases, we are able to transform these heartbreaking stories into happy ones. Injuries can ...

The Brown Dog Lab has studied dog cognition and behavior since its founding in 2020. By recruiting canine research participants around Providence, the lab seeks to understand how dogs respond to their ...

Much of what New York City has to offer is off-limits to our canine companions (yes, even the AKC Museum of the Dog)—but not Barnard College’s Dog Cognition Lab. Located in a nondescript room on the ...

Peak Lab Rescue, the largest foster-based dog rescue in NC, has been fervently removing dogs facing euthanasia in eastern NC shelters ahead of Hurricane Florence. In coastal counties with mandatory ...