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OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Former animal cruelty investigator on a mission to change the world by sharing stories, preventing activist burnout, and empowering women.
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Lindsay Oliver
1 min read
A Crash Revealed a Glimpse of Their Suffering
Before being catapulted in shipping crates onto highway 54 in Danville, Pa., 100 monkeys spent 19 hours as cargo on a flight from Mauritius.
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Lindsay Oliver
2 min read
We Should Ban Animal Testing. Here’s Why.
My name is Lindsay Oliver and I’m a former undercover animal cruelty investigator. The most psychologically traumatizing abuse I’ve ever...
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Lindsay Oliver
2 min read
Animal Researchers are Using the Pandemic to Demand More Animals
To the Editor regarding: “The dire consequences of a research animal shortage” (opinion, Jun 23, 2021) To be clear, COVID-19 vaccines...
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Lindsay Oliver
3 min read
What is Animal Testing?
Everything you need to know. Call it animal testing, animal research, or animal experimentation, it all means the same thing—experiments...
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Lindsay Oliver
1 min read
My response to This NY Times "Article"
To the Editor regarding: “Future Vaccines Depend on Test Subjects in Short Supply: Monkeys” (news article, Feb 23, 2021): I’ve worked...
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Lindsay Oliver
3 min read
RAT RESCUE MISSION
“Hi, Mama Girl,” I said, as I approached the clear, plastic cage. Her protective nature jumped to cover her babies...
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Lindsay Oliver
3 min read
THE MOUSE WHO DIED IN MY HANDS
I scooped up the shivering mouse and held her close to my chest. She was warm, but her little hands and feet felt cool.
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Lindsay Oliver
3 min read
WATER DEPRIVATION
In order to force monkeys to do things they don't want to do, animal researchers take away their water—the most basic survival need.
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Lindsay Oliver
2 min read
THE SAC RACK
The sign read “sac rack.” It was taped on the front of a metal shelving unit that held clear, plastic, shoe-box sized containers filled...
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