Video: Beagle Deemed Too ‘Wiggly’ for Experiments at Fort Collins Lab Adopted Into Loving Home

For Immediate Release:
July 21, 2025

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Moira Colley 202-483-7382

Following PETA’s six-month undercover investigation into Red Beast Enterprises, also known as High Quality Research, one fortunate dog named Temple has been rescued from the squalid drug-testing laboratory and adopted into a loving home, as seen in this new PETA video, released today.

For two years, Temple languished in a barren concrete pen and windowless cell 24/7. The laboratory’s veterinarian cut her vocal cords—as well as those of other dogs—to make their cries less “shrill.” But eventually, Red Beast Enterprises’ president deemed Temple too “wiggly and jumpy” to experiment on and agreed to release her to PETA’s investigator.

PETA staff members flew to Colorado and drove Temple—who had never set paw outdoors before—35 hours through a severe winter storm back to PETA’s shelter in Norfolk, Virginia. There, one of the drivers and her husband, a fellow PETA staff member, happily adopted Temple, naming her in honor of Dr. Temple Grandin, the world-renowned animal welfare expert and Colorado State University Distinguished Professor. As the video reveals, for the first time in her life, Temple now has a soft, warm bed to sleep on, a dog friend and toys to play with, walks on the beach to enjoy, and a family to snuggle.

“Temple was fortunate to be freed from the horrors of Red Beast Enterprises, but nearly a hundred and fifty kittens, cats, and dogs are still suffering there,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch. “PETA is urgently calling on Colorado State University to reconsider its faculty’s ties with the laboratory and replace cruel experiments on animals with state-of-the-art, human-relevant methodologies.”

PETA’s investigation of Red Beast Enterprises found that animals were routinely left to suffer from untreated ailments, including chronic eye discharge and ear infections. In its subsequent inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed many of PETA’s findings and cited the laboratory for more than 200 alleged violations of 11 federal animal welfare regulations, including for failing to treat a dog with hair loss and red skin on his face—apparently the result of mange—until 19 days after his condition was reported.

PETA is now mobilizing its members and supporters to contact Colorado State University and ask it to reconsider its faculty’s use of the laboratory to conduct experiments.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on or abuse in any other way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.