Meet & Greet “Lab Dog” Author

Local events invite the public to meet beagles used in laboratory research and learn about the science and ethics of animal testing. As the federal government makes moves to eliminate animal testing at the NIH, FDA, and EPA, and the public increasingly favors phase-outs in favor of non-animal approaches, these timely events look at the current and future prospects for getting dogs out of labs.

Meet and Greet

Where: Bruz Beers, 1675 W 67th Ave. Ste 100, Denver. Parking is available in the lot directly behind the artisanal brewery’s tasting room. Dogs welcome.

When: Sunday, March 15, 2026, 4-6 p.m.

Who: John Ramer, executive director of the Kindness Ranch, a nonprofit sanctuary that rehabilitates animals used in laboratory research, and Uno. In addition to dogs and cats, who are adopted into loving homes throughout the western states, the 1000-acre property in Hartville, Wyoming, is a permanent home for horses, pigs, sheep, and cows formerly used in research.

Journalist Melanie Kaplan, author of Lab Dog (Seal Press, 2025), an investigation into the breeding and use of tens of thousands of beagles for biomedical research, drug and product testing, and education. Kaplan, an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow and Vermont Law School Media Fellow, has written for The Atlantic, NY Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, People, and more.