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Save the Dogs Chi-Town is a grassroots movement dedicated to ending animal testing.

10/30/2026

THEY SURVIVED THE EXPERIMENT.

THEY DIDN’T SURVIVE THE SYSTEM. 💔

Many beagles used in laboratory research are purpose-bred.

While other dogs are welcomed into homes and families, these dogs may spend their lives being used in experiments.

And what happens behind laboratory doors is something the public
👏🏻DESERVES 👏🏻 to know.

In a scientific study published in 2024, researchers administered repeated doses of a drug called levamisole to 20 beagles over 28 days.

Some dogs experienced:
-vomiting
-tremors
-convulsions
-reduced activity
-and difficulty walking.

Researchers also documented minor brain hemorrhages during tissue examinations. 😢

But here’s what many people don’t realize. 👇🏼

All 20 dogs SURVIVED the 28-day experiment.

And all 20 were subsequently euthanized. 💔

The study’s protocol required postmortem examinations so researchers could examine their organs and tissues.

Surviving the experiment DIDN’T mean these dogs were given another chance at life.

👀AND THERE’S ANOTHER SIDE TO THIS STORY.

The FDA has acknowledged significant limitations in how well animal studies predict human drug responses.

In fact, more than 90% of drugs that appear safe in animals ❌FAIL❌ during human drug development.

🎉But science is advancing.

Researchers are developing human-relevant methods, including:
✔️organs-on-chips
✔️human tissue models ✔️advanced computer simulations

These ⬆️IMPROVE drug safety testing while ⬇️REDUCING reliance on animals.

These methods are already becoming part of the FDA’s efforts to modernize drug development.

✅Better science for humans.

💚Less suffering for animals.

👉🏻That’s the future we want to see.

🐾 READY TO TAKE ACTION?

Check our pinned comment to learn how you can help make a difference for dogs used in laboratory experiments.

📚 OUR SOURCES READ THE RESEARCH:

🔬 2024 peer-reviewed beagle toxicity study:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10819294/

🔬 FDA — New Approach Methodologies:
https://www.fda.gov/science-research/science-and-research-special-topics/new-approach-methodologies-nams

🎥 VIDEO CREDIT: Laboratory footage courtesy of TOXICITY.inc / Animal Aid / Animals International. Used with permission.

Original investigation:
https://www.toxicity.inc/

Video footage is illustrative and does not depict the specific 2024 study cited above.

For the dogs. 💙

For ALL animals. 🐾

10/20/2026

WHY DO WE LOVE DOGS?

For a thousand different reasons.

And if you’ve ever loved a dog, you already know every single one of them.

But while we celebrate the love, loyalty, and joy these animals bring into our lives…

thousands of dogs in laboratories will never experience that same love or freedom. 💔

That doesn’t have to be their future. And WE have the power to change it.

🚨Right now, TWO major pieces of legislation could change the lives of countless dogs suffering in laboratories.

🚨And BOTH need our support!

🛑 THE PUPPS ACT (H.R. 10523)
Targets the breeding and supply of dogs for laboratory experiments and would require adoption opportunities for surviving dogs.

🚫 THE COMPACT ACT (H.R. 10522)
Would stop federal taxpayer funding for most experiments on dogs and cats, with limited exceptions, and establish protections for their retirement and rehoming.

👉🏻One targets the SUPPLY.

👉🏻The other targets the FUNDING.

💙TOGETHER, they could change everything.

📢 BUT HERE’S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART:

These bills don’t pass without people speaking up.

That’s where 🫵🏼YOU🫵🏼come in.

✍️ Support the COMPACT Act: Visit https://savethedogs.io/act and ask your representatives to co-sponsor the bill.

📞 Support the PUPPS Act: Contact your congressional representative and ask them to support H.R. 10523.
Visit: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

🙏SHARE this post so more people can take action!

WE have the opportunity to be the generation that finally says ENOUGH to the suffering of innocent animals in laboratories.

❤️We love them.

✊🏻Now let’s fight for them.

🐾 FOR THE DOGS.
🐾 FOR ALL ANIMALS.

10/15/2026

The movement to end the suffering of animals in laboratories is growing and something is changing.

For decades, what happens inside laboratory walls has remained largely invisible to the public. 💔

Animals have been subjected to painful and distressing procedures, often far removed from public view. But people are beginning to see what has been happening and they are asking questions.

And now, even federal agencies are acknowledging that science is moving forward.

The NIH is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into human-based research and technologies designed to reduce reliance on animal models, while the FDA has taken new steps to expand the use of scientifically valid, non-animal methods. (NIH)

✔️The science is changing.

✔️The policies are changing.

✔️Public awareness is changing.

So why should animals continue to suffer simply because this is how things have been done for decades?

And here is something every taxpayer should care about: 👉🏻OUR👈🏻 federal tax dollars help fund biomedical research.

💯We have every right to demand transparency, accountability, and a future where public funding supports the most humane, innovative, and human-relevant science possible.

❗️This is bigger than one laboratory.

❗️Bigger than one species.

❗️And bigger than one city.

This is a movement. And it is growing.

If you haven’t joined us yet, we hope you will.

✅Speak up.

✅Learn what is happening.

✅Contact your lawmakers by going to: https://savethedogs.io/act

✅Support legislation that moves us toward modern, human-relevant science.

🙏And help shine a light into the places that have remained hidden for far too long.

👏🏻The animals cannot wait for us to decide that change is convenient.

Join us! Help us change what happens behind those walls.

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Center for a Humane Economy

Zoe Rosenberg

March for Animals

Ella Magers

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