Posted on 11/30/2011 9:19:51 AM PST by Nachum
This is the heart-breaking moment male beagles kept in captivity inside a laboratory were released from their cages for the first time.
Scared and visibly unsure of leaving the confines of their cages, the dogs were among many being used for lab testing in Spain before it went out of business.
A total of 72 beagles were rescued by members of Animal Rescue Media Education (ARME) during the operation - most of whom had never been outside their cages.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
For the dog lovers among us.
Ugh, I don’t know if I can watch.
I love beagles. :(
Count me amongst them
So much so I really don’t want to read this or view pics/video.
I saw this yesterday. I really liked the pictures and video. Initially, the dogs look very timid, but it’s heartwarming to see how quickly they adjust to a good home and freedom.
The people who work with these same dogs year after year often grow very attached to them and they are regularly adopted as pets after their time of service.
They make lousy pets usually, but for the people who rescue them - it isn't about how great a pet they are - it is about giving back to a trooper who gave all he could give for science.
I am getting teary eyed just thinking about it.
I work with dogs in research sometimes and I can tell you that down there they all LOVE OUR DOGS!!!!
The vids are really sweet. Nothing to fear.
those dogs look in great physcial shape....bright eyes...no noticiable scars or scabs...doesn't look like their muscles have atrophied....
I think maybe this story has a lot of embellishment....
.dogs left in "cages" for their entire lives wouldn't look like these dogs IMO....
and its lovely that animals can be adopted out, but what was the cost of flying them to the US?.....don't we have some starving human children we could rescue somewhere in the world....
we had our beegle mix for nearly 18 yrs....they are a wonderful pet....I love dogs...just think this story is suspect and colored in a certain way...
Sweet.
If they’ve never been out of their cages, how can they even walk? You would think their muscles would be atrophied.
They are usually kept in kennels that are about 10’ by 10’ and house two beagles - if they are social - one beagle if he is a jerk to his roommate. They can still see the dogs on either side of them so they don’t feel alone even if housed individually.
They have toys and are quite active around food time. Anytime anyone goes in there they like to jump up and down like crazy!
They are not like veal caves or anything - confined so that they don’t move - they get about as much exercise as your average house dog who has a yard but isn’t taken for walks.
‘The downfall is, the same reason the beagle is a perfect companion animal, is the same reason they’re used for testing.’
“Companion animal” is animal whacko speak. The correct word is PET.
based on your post, I dared to view. It is so sweet, at least those dogs seems to have been well fed, I was afraid of the worst.
Nothing but needless and unspeakable cruelty to animals.
Just imagine how people look when freed.
I appreciate the link and the story Nachum but I can’t do it. Dogs and cats mess me up that way.
Drug discovery is highly dependent upon animal testing.
It is both difficult and dangerous to dose human subjects with a compound never tested in an animal.
The vids are really sweet. Nothing to fear.
EXCEPT.....Michael Vick!
As a beagle owner, this had me very teary-eyed.
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