Beagles give Lab Dog two paws up! #animals, #dogs, #animalresearch, #booksky💙📚

In @virginiagewin.bsky.social's impressive and sobering feature for @nature.com, she talks to 19 scientists @ EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA and USGS and explains how cutting the science will come at a cost to public health, environmental quality, and US scientific standing.

Such a fun Lab Dog event at @oldtownbooks.bsky.social Saturday! Thanks to the awesome Old Town Books staff, plus the Envigo beagles who showed up to represent those who are still being bred and used for research. 💙📚 #booksky, #animals, #dogs

Terrific piece by Ava Kofman in @newyorker.com about the SC monkeys that ran away last year from Alpha Genesis Inc., one of the largest breeders of primate for research in the country. #animals, #animalrights

@usatoday.com: With the news this week about Ridglan Farms stopping their breeding of beagles to sell for research (see link in comments), I've been thinking a lot about whether the end of dog research is near.💙📚 #Booksky #dogs www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Hey DC-VA-MD friends: There are still tickets available for this Saturday morning's Lab Dog event at @oldtownbooks.bsky.social! If tickets sell out, come at 10, after the talk, to pet a beagle, buy a book and say hey.)💙📚 www.oldtownbooks.com/events/36118...

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine Hawkeye would be interviewing me about a book I just wrote. If you haven't yet listened to Clear+Vivid Podcast with Alan Alda, get ready for terrific guests, fascinating conversation and a wise and a thoughtful host you can't help but love. 💙📚

Hungry for some weekend reading? If you haven't bought Lab Dog yet, here's a excerpt in @statnews.com about the way words are used to describe animal research. It includes one of my favorite visits with Hammy, seeing Larry Carbone in Boston. www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/l...

Wonderful night in conversation with @francoordonez.bsky.social at @wonderlandbookss.bsky.social! Thank you to our amazing hosts @amyjoycewords.bsky.social and Gayle Weiswasser, and extra thanks to @c-span.bsky.social, which will air their taping soon. So many good dogs in attendence!

Curious what's going on at the second largest lab beagle breeder in the country, in Wisconsin? Check out Bill Lueders's thoughtful and thorough review of Lab Dog in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. I look forward to reading more of Bill's coverage as details emerge from Ridglan Farms.💙📚

More great work by Consumer Reports on lead in the U.S. food supply. (They did ground-breaking work on lead in cinnamon). The concern is while such levels are low, multiple contaminated products will add up to a real risk. As always, pay attention to brands identified as a problem. (gift article)

Love @tommytomlinson.bsky.social's Pub Day Q+A about Lab Dog! If you don't already know Tommy's work, check out his terrific Dogland, Elephant in the Room, and, for smaller bites, his Substack. 💙📚

So excited my copy of @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social’s book arrived!! Max is wondering why I placed it on him though! 😂 Happy belated pub day, Melanie! Very excited to read LAB DOG!!! 🐶

I'm new here. So I write (and sometimes edit) in-depth stories on rare disease medicine, genomics, China and other topics. Here's an example: endpts.com/a-teenager-f... Would love to be in touch!

Sitting in the conference room at @wamu.org.web.brid.gy waiting for my interview to begin, Kojo Nnamdi introduced himself. Then I had the honor of being interviewed by the wonderful Jennifer White. Listen to the full show here! wamu.org/story/25/10/...

My copy of @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social 's LAB DOG is here! Beautiful non-fiction about her adopted former laboratory beagle Hammy. She writes her way through an exploration of dogs in biomedical science to visions of a better kinder future. #dogs #science #animalfreescience #Booksky #animalrights

Thank you everyone for making yesterday such an amazing, dream-come-true pub day for Lab Dog! The fun continues today with a live in-studio interview on @wamu.org.web.brid.gy 1A. Tune in or catch it later on the podcast! www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

Aroooo! 20% off with promo code HAMMY @ tinyurl.com/labdogbook

Today is LAB DOG launch day, y'all! My pal Auggie in NM just received his order of books (planning early for holiday gifts). Send me pictures of your Lab Dog books with your dog friends (via message or post in comments), include the dog's name and state, and I'll share all these pictures soon! ⭐️

In 2013, @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social adopted her beagle Hammy knowing he'd spent four years in a research lab. She gave him a forever home and a life of love and adventure, and he inspired her to write this book about dogs used in biomedical research. Buy now: theliteratelizard.com/book/9781541...

What a treat to be included in Marc Bekoff's animal emotions column in @psychologytoday.com! Marc is a friend to all animals, especially dogs :-)

Lab Dog! In bookstores on Tuesday!

Terrific @nytimes.com guest essay by @deborahb.bsky.social, who just stepped down as director of @ksjatmit.bsky.social. It's fair to say if she hadn't offered me a fellowship in 2021, my book might not exist.

How cute is this?! Thank you, talented and fabulous @norasimon_ for designing this amazing cartoon Hammy! ❤

Thank you, Forbes, for this excellent review of Lab Dog! www.forbes.com/sites/rebecc...

Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research | available October 14.

Interesting bioGraphic read about dogs who are not quite domestic but not quite wild: "Of the world’s billion or so dogs, somewhere around 80 percent are not pets restricted to households, but are what scientists call free-ranging dogs." www.biographic.com/canis-famili...

What an amazing human Jane Goodall was! Sharing an article from last year. She actually loved chimps second. :-) www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/s...

Do you know Hammy's story? In two weeks, it will be out in the world, in Lab Dog. Thank you, friends, for helping spread the word. Follow on Instagram at @lab_dog_hammy

Ridglan Farms is one of the two remaining beagle breeders in the US that sell beagles to labs for research and testing. It's been under investigation, and this week rescue orgs are meeting to discuss rescue plans for the 3,000+ beagles, if needed. Stay tuned, beagle lovers.

Good news from my publisher: Hardcovers have arrived at the warehouse! So here I sit, not-so-patiently waiting for a box of them to show up on my stoop. Pub day is less than a month away now--October 14! I'm nervous and excited and feeling all the feels. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melan...

Who's a good boy? Hammy, on our cross-country drive, summer 2020

What do dogs have to do with human cancer? More than you'd think! I just watched this PBS documentary about clinical trials studying cancers that occur naturally in pet dogs, which can help improve life for their species--and ours.

Today Lab Dog heads to the printer, and the hardback will hit bookstores October 14! Pre-orders are super helpful. You can order now at the link below with the special Hammy discount: HAMMY20. Stay tuned in the coming months for more!

For the last four years I've been crafting this book. Lab Dog tells the story of my journey, with Hammy at my side, to understand why he and other beagles have been bred for research and testing for generations—and still are today. It's available for pre-order! Snag 20% off with promo code HAMMY20 🌟