A Humane Society of the United States Animal Rescue Team member carries four beagle puppies into the organization’s care and rehabilitation center in Maryland on July 21 after the organization removed the first 201 beagles as part of a transfer plan from Envigo, a breeding and research facility in Virginia.
Anderson Humane is racing to line up foster homes for 100 rescued beagles that it will bring to its South Elgin shelter next week.
Roughly 4,000 beagles were rescued in late July by the Humane Society of the United States from Envigo, a breeding facility in Virginia. A federal judge had recently approved the rescue after U.S. Department of Agriculture officials found dozens of federal regulation violations, resulting in dogs being ill, injured, underfed, and in some cases, dead.
Dean Daubert, Anderson Humane’s chief operations officer, said dogs were bred at the facility for scientific research as well as makeup and medical testing.
“They were found in some pretty bad conditions,” he said.
The Humane Society of the United States reached out to Anderson, which is at capacity at its shelter, to see what they could do.
“When they contacted our leadership team here, we initially thought we could take 25 or 30 of these guys,” Daubert said. “But then we figured with public support. We can get these guys fostered, and we could commit to 100, which is quite a few.”
Those interested in fostering the beagles, or other animals in need of a temporary home, can visit ahconnects.org or email fosters@ahconnects.org. The application review process usually takes about 24 hours.
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