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Scientists have found post-research homes for dogs, cats, rats, and many other kinds of animals, but adopting them out does come with challenges.

Six years ago, Mallory Cormier adopted a three-month-old New Zealand white rabbit with ears as long as celery stalks and a mohawk-like cowlick on his forehead. Cormier named him Chickpea, and when she moved him from a temporary dog crate to a larger pen in her living room, he began leaping from one side of the enclosure to the other, enjoying a freedom he’d never known.

Chickpea, like millions of other animals in the U.S., began his life in a research lab. An acquaintance of Cormier’s worked in that lab, and told her that the young rabbit would be euthanized because of a leg injury. Instead, Cormier took him home.

Now, Cormier delights in watching the rabbit jumping to his heart's content. “At the lab, his housing allowed him to turn around and lie down, but it wasn’t tall enough for him to jump,” says Cormier, who works in veterinary medicine in Connecticut. “Seeing him finally move freely was incredible.”

Animals used in scientific experiments live lives largely unseen, hidden from the public behind laboratory doors. By one estimate, more than 100 million animals—mice and rats make up the vast majority—are used each year for research in the U.S. Among these, according to United States Department of Agriculture reports for 2024, are more than 12,000 cats, 40,000 dogs, and 100,000 primates.

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> Scientists have found post-research homes for dogs, cats, rats, and many other kinds of animals, but adopting them out does come with challenges.
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> Six years ago, Mallory Cormier adopted a three-month-old New Zealand white rabbit with ears as long as celery stalks and a mohawk-like cowlick on his forehead. Cormier named him Chickpea, and when she moved him from a temporary dog crate to a larger pen in her living room, he began leaping from one side of the enclosure to the other, enjoying a freedom he’d never known.
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> Chickpea, like millions of other animals in the U.S., began his life in a research lab. An acquaintance of Cormier’s worked in that lab, and told her that the young rabbit would be euthanized because of a leg injury. Instead, Cormier took him home.
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> Now, Cormier delights in watching the rabbit jumping to his heart's content. “At the lab, his housing allowed him to turn around and lie down, but it wasn’t tall enough for him to jump,” says Cormier, who works in veterinary medicine in Connecticut. “Seeing him finally move freely was incredible.”
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> Animals used in scientific experiments live lives largely unseen, hidden from the public behind laboratory doors. By one estimate, more than 100 million animals—mice and rats make up the vast majority—are used each year for research in the U.S. Among these, according to United States Department of Agriculture reports for 2024, are more than 12,000 cats, 40,000 dogs, and 100,000 primates.
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> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/lab-animals-adopted-pets