dogjournal:MINNESOTA PASSES THE “BEAGLE FREEDOM LAW” - “Minnesota has become the first state in the
dogjournal:MINNESOTA PASSES THE “BEAGLE FREEDOM LAW” - “Minnesota has become the first state in the U.S….to mandate that laboratory dogs and cats be adopted when the research is over.” The Governor of Minnesota signed the Beagle Freedom Bill into law today. The new law requires laboratories to offer up Beagles and other animals for public adoption at the conclusion of research. Thanks to the Beagle Freedom Project and other supporters, Beagles who would otherwise have been euthanized will now have a chance to be adopted. Read more from the Beagle Freedom Project:History was made today. Minnesota has become the first state in the U.S. and first political body in the world to mandate that laboratory dogs and cats be adopted when the research is over. The once far-fetched idea that these animals deserve a life after the labs has fast become a public expectation and now is officially a law.This law is simple, compassionate, and common-sense. If a dog or cat is used in a tax-payer funded research experiment and is healthy at its end the lab must offer them up to public adoption through a rescue organization like Beagle Freedom Project. No federal or state laws offer any protection to these animals when the research is over and the standard operating procedure for most labs was to summarily euthanize them… Until today.There are also efforts to have similar legislation passed in other states too. Let’s hope many Beagles are adopted into wonderful homes where they can live in peace. Click here for the full story. (Photos from the Beagle Freedom Project) -- source link
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