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[MineralMan]

7. My wife and I own two dogs. One is a rescued lab beagle.

It lived the first three years of its life in a laboratory, being experimented on. The Beagle Freedom Project, which we support financially, arranges for such dogs to be released to foster homes and for adoption. We were lucky enough to foster and then adopt Sam, through that organization. We've had him now for over three years, and he has done very well. Early on, though, he had behavioral problems and severe anxiety due to his time in that lab. The Beagle Freedom Project, with our help, has worked to enact laws in several states that force organizations to release such dogs from those labs, instead of killing them.

Our other dog is a shelter rescue. We adopted it when my wife, who worked as a volunteer in a no-kill shelter noticed that it had been there for many months without adoption. It was a transfer from another state and was fat and old and not a likely candidate for adoption. It's a friendly, loving beagle/basset mix, now about 10 years old.

We own cats that are rescue animals, as well.


So, yes, we have worked on these issues, and continue to do so.