Paying a price for being such a nice dog

When I adopted Trixie a couple of years ago, I immediately started buying books on beagles and checking the countless sites on them in the Internet. It struck me that on several of those sources, specially the most reputable ones, beagles were always mentioned as being the preferred dog breed for laboratory testing. According to the Beagle Freedom Project, beagles' sweet and docile nature, and the fact that they are relatively inexpensive to feed, makes them "ideal" candidates for all sort of experiments, like testing for medical, pharmaceutical, and household products, as well as cosmetics. It's appalling to see how these poor dogs get to live their short lives on this Earth. These beagles have had no interaction whatsoever with children and other dogs. Many of them have never even seen or felt the sun. They don't even know how it feels to walk on grass. Other cruel situations that these dogs suffer are too numerous to mention here. Entities like the Beagle Freedom Project work to rescue these dogs and find them families that will adopt them. The task, according to the Project, is not easy. These dogs have to be trained for absolutely everything, since they have lived their entire lives in isolation. As the owner of a beagle, I cannot help but feel compassion for these noble dogs, one of America's favorite breeds for decades, for all this deprivation and lack of humaneness. I'll probably get involved with these folks and see if I can do my part helping these doggies out. If you want to check them out, take a look at the Beagle Freedom Project's website, at  http://beaglefreedomproject.org/ Also, check out this video --- It'll move you to tears.