📣 We are excited to introduce Matthew Bryson, PhD, one of the three panelists and former animal lab workers featured in Justify’s upcoming webinar on Thursday, April 23 — The Human Cost of Animal Research: When Compassion Becomes Moral Injury. 📌 Register for the webinar now: bit.ly/TheHumanCost

📍 LOCATION UPDATED: I am so excited to be giving a talk at the Illini Center in Chicago (hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) THIS Thursday, March 12 at 5:30 PM! 🌱 A plant-based meal will be provided. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/when-scien...

Animal lab workers are often told their distress is “just compassion fatigue.” But for many, the experience runs deeper. When your work repeatedly asks you to act in ways that conflict with your values, especially in systems where harm is normalized, this can lead to moral injury.

📣 We are excited to introduce Leyla Fox, M.Sc., one of the three panelists and former animal lab workers featured in Justify’s upcoming webinar on Thursday, April 23 — The Human Cost of Animal Research: When Compassion Becomes Moral Injury. 📌 Register for the webinar now: bit.ly/TheHumanCost

✨ THIS JUST IN: Former lab worker, Emily, reflects on how she stumbled onto a career path in animal research that initially felt exciting and meaningful but grew to feel at odds with her gut and identity. Read Emily's blog here: www.whenwejustify.org/post/leaving...

I need you to know that "Punch" is in primate laboratories all over the world. What do I mean by this? I spent two years as a caretaker for 500+ macaques at the UW-Madison's Harlow Primate Lab. Caring for rejected newborn macaques, like Punch, was one of the most gut-wrenching parts of the job. ⬇️

Justify works with current and former lab workers, psychologists, and scientists to… ⬇️

🎉 Justify's first webinar, The Human Cost of Animal Research: When Compassion Becomes Moral Injury, is taking place Thursday, April 23 from 4-5 pm PST! Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/TheHumanCost

Show Justify some love this Valentine's Day by sporting our official merch! Get yours here: https://www.whenwejustify.org/category/all-products ♥️ for animals. ♥️ for humans. ♥️ for science.

Ever wonder if other animal lab workers feel the same conflict you do? Turns out they do, and Justify’s Lab Worker Hub is where they connect: www.whenwejustify.org/lab-worker-hub

Guess who *just* dropped merch?! 🤗 www.whenwejustify.org/category/all...

Justify exists to stop rationalizing harm, start healing the people impacted by it, and help build a better, more ethical, human-relevant future for science.

I am so excited to be giving a talk on behalf of @justifyglobal.bsky.social at UIC Law! 🫂 Attendance is open to anyone (not just law students), but space is limited. 🌱 A plant-based meal will be provided. 🎥 This event will be filmed for an upcoming documentary. 🌟 Register here: bit.ly/KrasnoUIC

If you’re struggling emotionally from working in an animal research lab, you may have been told it’s “just compassion fatigue.” While compassion fatigue is real and deserves support, many lab workers are also asked to participate in tasks that conflict with their values. Cont. ⬇️

So many people working in animal research are expected to stay quiet, push through, and carry the emotional weight alone. Justify is here to change that, offering a confidential space where current and former lab workers can speak honestly, feel understood, & begin to heal without shame or judgment.

Justify was founded because too many animal research personnel carry moral distress, grief, and trauma in silence, feeling trapped in a system that harms animals and harms them in the process and unsure who they can turn to. Read Justify’s founding story here: https://bit.ly/3Lx2s1X

✨ THIS JUST IN: Matthew Bryson, Ph.D., reflects publicly for the first time on the 11 years he spent in academic neuroscience. Read Matthew's blog here: www.whenwejustify.org/post/reflect...

🔭 We’re still looking for 9 new monthly supporters to join Justify at $20/month or more. These supporters will receive an autographed copy of Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals written by our Board Member Dr. John Gluck. ✨ Sign up today: https://bit.ly/4ppDMX5

Animal research harms animals, takes a serious emotional toll on the people asked to carry it out, and often fails to deliver reliable human outcomes. Justify exists to support those affected and help build a future where science advances without suffering. For animals. For people. For science.

Animal laboratory workers are often told their distress is “just compassion fatigue.” But for many, the experience runs deeper. When your work repeatedly asks you to act in ways that conflict with your values, this can lead to moral distress or moral injury.

Justify is thrilled to be working with Dr. Jamie McNally, a Licensed Professional Counselor, trauma specialist, & moral injury researcher, on the development of Justify's trauma-informed programming and resources for animal lab workers. Learn more about her work: https://bit.ly/4qgp9GI

🌟 Applications are now open for the 2026 FREE Summer Immersion on Innovative Approaches in Science at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland on June 15-18. Justify Executive Director @madelinekrasno.bsky.social is excited to join the program as a speaker!

🔭 We’re still looking for 12 new monthly supporters to join Justify at $20/month or more. As a thank you, these supporters will receive an autographed copy of Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals written by our Board Member Dr. John Gluck. Become a monthly supporter now: https://bit.ly/4ppDMX5

🐁 Three mice are alive today because of a lab worker’s compassion. It’s something we see often at @justifyglobal.bsky.social: lab workers are often the fiercest advocates for animals, not just for better welfare, but for a life outside the lab. ⬇️

BIG NEWS! The first 20 new monthly supporters who join Justify starting at $20/month will receive an autographed copy of our Board Member Dr. John Gluck’s book Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals! Secure your copy now: https://whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242961-support-justify

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‼️Today I presented on behalf of @justifyglobal.bsky.social at SGV Meeting 2025 in Zurich, a two-day continuing education summit hosted by the Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (which is dedicated to promoting the 3Rs REPLACE, REDUCE, & REFINE). CONT. ⬇️

Animal research is often justified as “for humanity,” but we rarely talk about the human cost to those doing the work. Many lab workers feel powerless, complicit, and unsure who is safe to confide in. That’s why we built Justify’s Lab Worker Hub - https://www.whenwejustify.org/lab-worker-hub

When you were starting your scientific career, did you feel pressured to conduct animal experiments? Or maybe you still do? COLAAB founding member @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares her experience as a PhD student in this blog for @justifyglobal.bsky.social. #phdlife #phdchat #phdsky

Every lab worker story shared with Justify emphasizes the urgent need for science that isn’t perpetuating suffering. Every act of honesty, every moment of reflection, moves us toward science that is ethical, innovative, and truly human-relevant.

We hear this again and again. Behind every protocol is a human being carrying ethical conflict, moral distress, and experiences they’ve been taught to bury. If you or someone you know is struggling with the emotional or ethical toll of animal research, Justify is here and ready to help. 💛

✨This Just In: Justify Co-Founder and Board Secretary & Treasurer Mallory Cormier opens up about her experience working in a pharmaceutical rabbit breeding facility and how it inspired her to start her own nonprofit, Save The Buns. www.whenwejustify.org/post/leaping...

We want every student and researcher who feels trapped and disempowered in the animal research industry to know this: Your reactions—fear, disgust, trauma—are normal. They are signs of compassion, not weakness. Thank you, Dr. Diqui LaPenta, for naming what so many experience in silence.

Struggling with your experience in an animal research lab? You’re not alone. Justify was created by and for animal lab workers to provide peer support, community dialogue, and resources for those navigating the emotional and ethical sides of this work. Reach out to us at whenwejustify.org.

@whenwejustify.bsky.social the blogs are so powerful & relatable!

Former primate researcher and Justify Board Member Dr. John Gluck joins other insiders in this powerful look inside the primate research industry—revealing what few outside the lab ever see.

✨This Just In—Check out this guest blog by Richard J. Miller, career scientist and author of The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation. @rjm821.bsky.social www.whenwejustify.org/post/why-i-c...

✨This Just In - In Justify’s new blog, we honor Jane Goodall. Before she became one of the most influential advocates for animals and the preservation of the natural world, many people might not know that Jane Goodall had previously spent time in research labs. www.whenwejustify.org/post/honorin...

✨This past weekend, I spoke at the Animal Law Conference to the largest in-person audience I’ve ever presented to (200+)! Stay tuned for the presentation recording... In the meantime, please enjoy a photo of me with this very good boy and conference MVP, Glen. @whenwejustify.bsky.social

✨ This Just In: Justify President & CEO Lindsay Oliver discusses how compassion fatigue is being weaponized in animal labs. 📖 Read the blog: www.whenwejustify.org/post/when-co...

In honor of my 35th birthday today, would you consider a donation to @whenwejustify.bsky.social? ♥️ Help us build a world where no one has to silence their conscience, and no one’s suffering—human or animal—is treated as expendable. whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242...

Grateful to support @whenwejustify.bsky.social and watch their critical movement grow. Thanks for inviting me to contribute my story, @madelinekrasno.bsky.social !

✨ This Just In: @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares why she no longer defends the animal research she was once trained to do—and how she’s helping end animal methods bias. 📖 Read her powerful story: www.whenwejustify.org/post/the-sci...

In memory of Dr. Jane Goodall—a lifelong champion for animals, empathy, and scientific integrity. Her unwavering opposition to needless animal testing reminds us that true discovery doesn’t *justify* suffering.

📍UW-Madison—come hear me speak one week from today! It’s been quite the journey since I graduated in 2013: From believing my mandatory public speaking course was going to end me to making a career out of humane education and public speaking… ⬇️

🐁 Meet Justify President and CEO Lindsay Oliver. Lindsay is an award-winning undercover investigator, author (with a forthcoming book), and seasoned nonprofit strategist whose work has helped expose and dismantle some of the most hidden and harmful industries in the world.

✨ This Just In In her blog post, “The Case for Justify,” Executive Director Madeline Krasno discusses her experience in a primate lab and how it inspired Justify—a supportive space for lab workers to heal & share their stories. Read here: www.whenwejustify.org/post/profess...

In less than two weeks, I’m returning to UW-Madison to share my story and join UW students who are raising awareness about the animals still used in labs today as well as the massive yet invisible cost that animal research has on the humans involved. Presentation open to students and faculty!