Laboratory Dogs Rescued
From Test Subjects to Beloved Companions
Published on 3. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
247 pages
978-1-4766-8501-4 (ISBN)
Description
Animal testing is a controversy that has raged for hundreds of years. Some people view experiments on dogs as necessary for human medical progress, while others argue that the practice is barbaric. When the author adopted Marty--a beagle rescued from a research laboratory--she found herself rehabilitating a terrified dog with a traumatic past. She soon discovered the well-kept secret of painful and often fatal testing on dogs.
This book details what the author has learned about the past and present of laboratory testing on dogs, life after laboratories and the hope for a future without animal testing. Interviews with rescue organizers and adoptive families reveal the struggles of removing dogs from laboratories and acclimating them to daily life. Scientists discuss the ethics of dog research and advocate for new biomedical technologies. Fundamental change is brewing, with the public, scientists and governments urging the use of new technologies that can replace testing on animals and yield better results.
This book details what the author has learned about the past and present of laboratory testing on dogs, life after laboratories and the hope for a future without animal testing. Interviews with rescue organizers and adoptive families reveal the struggles of removing dogs from laboratories and acclimating them to daily life. Scientists discuss the ethics of dog research and advocate for new biomedical technologies. Fundamental change is brewing, with the public, scientists and governments urging the use of new technologies that can replace testing on animals and yield better results.
Reviews / Votes
"One cannot escape a form of enlightenment in reading Laboratory Dogs Rescued. It is a beautiful testament to those who choose acts of kindness over cruelty and are rewarded with love. We must sometimes speak the unspeakable to shed light on it. Ellie Hansen's book does just that, with grace. May its truth inspire change."-Jennifer Skiff, author of The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by Man's Best Friend "A heartbreaking, activist-oriented, and highly informative account about laboratory dogs."-Kirkus Reviews "Essential reading...impressively engaging and informative... While especially recommended for community, college, and university library collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of everyone who has a canine companion of their own (or who is contemplating acquiring one)."-Midwest Book ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
45 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
412 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8501-4 (9781476685014)
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Person
Ellie Hansen is an award-winning writer, animal advocate, and founder and CEO of Lovable Pets, Inc., a holistic pet supply company located in Billings, Montana. She hosts the podcast Dog Research Exposed and is a Policy Volunteer Leader for the Humane Society of the United States. Her published works include two books and several magazine articles focusing on profound human relationships with dogs.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kathrin Herrmann
Preface
Meet the Experts
Dr. Kathrin Herrmann?7 delete* deleteDr. Jarrod Bailey?8 delete* deleteDr. Lindsay Marshall?10 delete* deleteDr. David DeGrazia?12 delete* deleteDr. Stacy Lopresti-Goodman?13 delete* deleteJustin Goodman?14 delete* deleteKathleen (Katie) M. Conlee?15
Part 1: Dogs in Science
1.?Early History of Using Dogs in Research
Vivisection?18 delete* delete-Anti-vivisectionist?18 delete* deleteVillains or Heroes??19 delete* deleteA Dog's Purpose: Early Thoughts?20 delete* deleteWhy Use Dogs??21 delete* deleteEurope: The Scientists and Their Dog Experiments?21 delete* delete
Other Discoveries Using Dogs?27
2.?The Debate Begins: Researchers Meet Public Outcry
Queen Victoria: (1819-1901)?29 delete* deleteFrances Power Cobbe (1822-1904)?31 delete* deleteThe Absinthe Scandal and the Regulation of Vivisection?31 delete* deleteVivisection in the United States?32 delete* delete"-Zoophil-psychosis": Anti-vivisectionists Said to Be Afflicted by Mental Illness?33 delete* deleteRiots, Dog Thieves and Increased Public Scrutiny of Vivisection?34
3.?Dogs in Research-Stories and Statistics
Human Drug Tragedies Call for More Dogs in Research?40 delete* deleteHeatstroke Experiments?41 delete* deleteLaika (Barker): The First Living Creature to Orbit the Earth?42 delete* deleteRadioactive Beagle Dog Studies?44 delete* deleteSmoking Beagles?45 delete* deleteNarcoleptic Dobermans?46 delete* deleteDogs in Research Today: Global Statistics?47
4.?Dogs and Drug Development
How Much Does It Cost to Approve a Drug??51 delete* deleteLost in Translation: Dog Models Have Limited Accuracy in Predicting Human Toxicity?53 delete* deleteDrug Disasters?55 delete* deleteHearing from the Experts: Views on the Relevance of Dog Research?58
5.?The Welfare of Dogs in Research
The Beagle-The Breed of Choice for Research?61 delete* deleteUndercover Videos Reveal Experiments and Deaths?62 delete* deleteDiscoveries in Dog Cognition: A Case for Making Welfare a Priority?64 delete* deleteLaboratory Animal Oversight in the United States?67 delete* deleteRefining Experiments to Reduce Suffering: Are We Doing Enough for Dogs??70
6.?The Ethics of Dog Research-A Human Perspective
The Lab: Voices from the Inside?74 delete* deletePublic Opinion: Voices from the Outside?78 delete* deleteA Difficult Question: How Do We Balance Human Benefit Versus Harm to the Dog??80 delete* deleteWhat About Us: What Is Our Part in Animal Research??82
7.?Future Technologies
Lung-on-a-Chip?84 delete* deleteThe Living Heart Project?86 delete* delete-Human-Derived Organoids?88 delete* deleteWho Is Making -Non-Animal Technology a Priority??90
8.?Interviews with Global Experts
Ending Dog Research ... How and When??93
9.?-Re-homing Laboratory Dogs
Re-homing Policies: Federal and State Efforts?101 delete* deleteDo Former Laboratory Dogs Make Suitable Family Pets??103 delete* deleteInternational Studies Confirm the Value of -Re-homing Dogs?104
Part 2: To the Rescue
10.?Beagle Freedom Project
An Interview with Shannon Keith?109
11.?Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary
Kindness Ranch Beginnings?116 delete* deleteAn Interview with John Ramer?117
Part 3: Saved-Stories of Rescue,
Rehabilitation, and Second Chances
12.?Ambassadors for Freedom
Teddy?126 delete* deleteGeorge?129 delete* deleteNew Beginnings?131 delete* deleteChanging Hearts, Laws and Paws?131 delete* deleteLooking Ahead with Hope?132 delete* deleteBogart?133 delete* deleteFollowing My Path?134 delete* deleteThe San Diego 10?135 delete* deleteBogart the Ambassador?135 delete* deleteLaila?136 delete* deleteWe're All In...?137 delete* deleteNew Beginnings with Laila?139
13.?Special Dogs ... Special Love
Mini and Maria?141 delete* deleteMini?142 delete* deleteMaria?143 delete* deleteBlind and Brave?144 delete* deleteLessons to Live By?144 delete* deleteLeo?145 delete* deleteChosen One?146 delete* deleteA New Normal?147 delete* deleteSeizures?148 delete* deleteLove Beyond Measure?149 delete* deleteWalker?150
14.?Two, Three, Four ... Just One Beagle More
Chief?154 delete* deleteBronco?156 delete* deleteRoscoe?158 delete* deleteWyatt?159 delete* deleteBoomer and Koln?160 delete* deleteBoomer?160 delete* deleteKoln?161 delete* deleteA Lucky Surprise?162 delete* deletePatience, Love and Training?163 delete* deleteElliot and Bodhi?164 delete* deleteElliot?165 delete* deleteBodhi?167 delete* deleteAn Odd Paper Obsession?168 delete* deleteRescue Dogs Award Show?168
15.?Beagles Take a Hike ... Adventures in the Outdoors
Winnie?170 delete* deleteScarlet?172 delete* deleteDug?175
16.?Wild West Beagles
Texas?180 delete* delete"Texas McGee Killer Talsma"?180 delete* deleteMarty?183 delete* deleteFrozen in Fear?185 delete* deleteBaby Steps?185 delete* deleteA Visit to Prison?187
17.?Part of the Family
Chandler?188 delete* deleteRoofus?190 delete* deleteAdvice for Families?192 delete* deleteA Child's Perspective?193 delete* deleteMaycie?193
18.?Sharing the Gift of Healing
Connor?197 delete* deleteEarly Memories?198 delete* deleteBouncing Off the Walls?199 delete* deleteThe Empath?200 delete* deletePearl Grace?201 delete* deleteDefinition of Grace?201 delete* deleteFinding Grace?203 delete* deleteAdventures with Grace?203
19.?International Rescues-United Kingdom
Going Undercover: Three Beagles Rescued?205 delete* deleteMissy?206 delete* deleteOliver?208
20.?International Rescues-Italy
Thousands of Beagles Find Freedom?210 delete* deleteArtu?210 delete* deleteGiulia and Gio?213
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kathrin Herrmann
Preface
Meet the Experts
Dr. Kathrin Herrmann?7 delete* deleteDr. Jarrod Bailey?8 delete* deleteDr. Lindsay Marshall?10 delete* deleteDr. David DeGrazia?12 delete* deleteDr. Stacy Lopresti-Goodman?13 delete* deleteJustin Goodman?14 delete* deleteKathleen (Katie) M. Conlee?15
Part 1: Dogs in Science
1.?Early History of Using Dogs in Research
Vivisection?18 delete* delete-Anti-vivisectionist?18 delete* deleteVillains or Heroes??19 delete* deleteA Dog's Purpose: Early Thoughts?20 delete* deleteWhy Use Dogs??21 delete* deleteEurope: The Scientists and Their Dog Experiments?21 delete* delete
Other Discoveries Using Dogs?27
2.?The Debate Begins: Researchers Meet Public Outcry
Queen Victoria: (1819-1901)?29 delete* deleteFrances Power Cobbe (1822-1904)?31 delete* deleteThe Absinthe Scandal and the Regulation of Vivisection?31 delete* deleteVivisection in the United States?32 delete* delete"-Zoophil-psychosis": Anti-vivisectionists Said to Be Afflicted by Mental Illness?33 delete* deleteRiots, Dog Thieves and Increased Public Scrutiny of Vivisection?34
3.?Dogs in Research-Stories and Statistics
Human Drug Tragedies Call for More Dogs in Research?40 delete* deleteHeatstroke Experiments?41 delete* deleteLaika (Barker): The First Living Creature to Orbit the Earth?42 delete* deleteRadioactive Beagle Dog Studies?44 delete* deleteSmoking Beagles?45 delete* deleteNarcoleptic Dobermans?46 delete* deleteDogs in Research Today: Global Statistics?47
4.?Dogs and Drug Development
How Much Does It Cost to Approve a Drug??51 delete* deleteLost in Translation: Dog Models Have Limited Accuracy in Predicting Human Toxicity?53 delete* deleteDrug Disasters?55 delete* deleteHearing from the Experts: Views on the Relevance of Dog Research?58
5.?The Welfare of Dogs in Research
The Beagle-The Breed of Choice for Research?61 delete* deleteUndercover Videos Reveal Experiments and Deaths?62 delete* deleteDiscoveries in Dog Cognition: A Case for Making Welfare a Priority?64 delete* deleteLaboratory Animal Oversight in the United States?67 delete* deleteRefining Experiments to Reduce Suffering: Are We Doing Enough for Dogs??70
6.?The Ethics of Dog Research-A Human Perspective
The Lab: Voices from the Inside?74 delete* deletePublic Opinion: Voices from the Outside?78 delete* deleteA Difficult Question: How Do We Balance Human Benefit Versus Harm to the Dog??80 delete* deleteWhat About Us: What Is Our Part in Animal Research??82
7.?Future Technologies
Lung-on-a-Chip?84 delete* deleteThe Living Heart Project?86 delete* delete-Human-Derived Organoids?88 delete* deleteWho Is Making -Non-Animal Technology a Priority??90
8.?Interviews with Global Experts
Ending Dog Research ... How and When??93
9.?-Re-homing Laboratory Dogs
Re-homing Policies: Federal and State Efforts?101 delete* deleteDo Former Laboratory Dogs Make Suitable Family Pets??103 delete* deleteInternational Studies Confirm the Value of -Re-homing Dogs?104
Part 2: To the Rescue
10.?Beagle Freedom Project
An Interview with Shannon Keith?109
11.?Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary
Kindness Ranch Beginnings?116 delete* deleteAn Interview with John Ramer?117
Part 3: Saved-Stories of Rescue,
Rehabilitation, and Second Chances
12.?Ambassadors for Freedom
Teddy?126 delete* deleteGeorge?129 delete* deleteNew Beginnings?131 delete* deleteChanging Hearts, Laws and Paws?131 delete* deleteLooking Ahead with Hope?132 delete* deleteBogart?133 delete* deleteFollowing My Path?134 delete* deleteThe San Diego 10?135 delete* deleteBogart the Ambassador?135 delete* deleteLaila?136 delete* deleteWe're All In...?137 delete* deleteNew Beginnings with Laila?139
13.?Special Dogs ... Special Love
Mini and Maria?141 delete* deleteMini?142 delete* deleteMaria?143 delete* deleteBlind and Brave?144 delete* deleteLessons to Live By?144 delete* deleteLeo?145 delete* deleteChosen One?146 delete* deleteA New Normal?147 delete* deleteSeizures?148 delete* deleteLove Beyond Measure?149 delete* deleteWalker?150
14.?Two, Three, Four ... Just One Beagle More
Chief?154 delete* deleteBronco?156 delete* deleteRoscoe?158 delete* deleteWyatt?159 delete* deleteBoomer and Koln?160 delete* deleteBoomer?160 delete* deleteKoln?161 delete* deleteA Lucky Surprise?162 delete* deletePatience, Love and Training?163 delete* deleteElliot and Bodhi?164 delete* deleteElliot?165 delete* deleteBodhi?167 delete* deleteAn Odd Paper Obsession?168 delete* deleteRescue Dogs Award Show?168
15.?Beagles Take a Hike ... Adventures in the Outdoors
Winnie?170 delete* deleteScarlet?172 delete* deleteDug?175
16.?Wild West Beagles
Texas?180 delete* delete"Texas McGee Killer Talsma"?180 delete* deleteMarty?183 delete* deleteFrozen in Fear?185 delete* deleteBaby Steps?185 delete* deleteA Visit to Prison?187
17.?Part of the Family
Chandler?188 delete* deleteRoofus?190 delete* deleteAdvice for Families?192 delete* deleteA Child's Perspective?193 delete* deleteMaycie?193
18.?Sharing the Gift of Healing
Connor?197 delete* deleteEarly Memories?198 delete* deleteBouncing Off the Walls?199 delete* deleteThe Empath?200 delete* deletePearl Grace?201 delete* deleteDefinition of Grace?201 delete* deleteFinding Grace?203 delete* deleteAdventures with Grace?203
19.?International Rescues-United Kingdom
Going Undercover: Three Beagles Rescued?205 delete* deleteMissy?206 delete* deleteOliver?208
20.?International Rescues-Italy
Thousands of Beagles Find Freedom?210 delete* deleteArtu?210 delete* deleteGiulia and Gio?213
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index