Rescue groups begin work to rehome 4,000 beagles bred for research
The first group of the roughly 4,000 beagles in the custody of a research facility in Virginia have been brought to their new, temporary homes.
More than a dozen beagles arrived at the facility of the Homeward Trails Animal Rescue in Virginia on Thursday. It was the first of many deliveries as hundreds of rescue groups across the country are mobilizing in the coming weeks to rehome the beagles.
The Humane Society of the United States is spearheading the effort to transfer these dogs from their current home at the Envigo facility in Cumberland, Va., to shelters. The organization has just a few weeks to get this done.
Earlier this year the Envigo facility, which bred these beagles for pharmaceutical research and testing, was found to be in violation of several federal regulations. A federal judge ordered the dogs to be released within 60 days.
Animal rescue groups from Wyoming, Massachusetts, Virginia and elsewhere are working together to assist in this herculean effort.
"Finding partners who can make space and find homes for around 4,000 dogs in the summer — a time of year when animal shelters already are over-capacity — will be a feat of epic proportions," Kitty Block, president of The Humane Society of the United States, wrote on her blog.
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/24/1112756300/envigo-beagles-research-rescue-groups-rehoming
You really must go to the link and see the pics of these adorable pups enjoying their new freedom and learning how to dog. It's wonderful!
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