Top: A beagle who was rescued from a lab in 2022 is placed in a calming room after being spayed, in preparation for eventual adoption. Visual: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice. By Melanie D.G. Kaplan In 2013, I adopted a beagle who had spent nearly four years in a lab. I didn’t know any details about his past, but when he came to live with me, he was scared of just about everything, and his sense of smell — the beagle superpower! — was … Continue reading Excerpt: When the Ethics of Animal Research Hit Home