Published May 15, 2026 by Sara Oliver.

Nearly 70 cats and dogs are getting freedom. After years inside Red Beast Enterprises, these animals are finally leaving—and PETA helped make it happen.

PETA exposed what animals endured inside this laboratory in 2025. One of those animals was a sweet beagle, Temple.

Temple was treated like laboratory equipment for the first three years of her life. Before PETA’s investigator named her Temple, laboratory workers called her “JGI2”—the characters tattooed in her ear. Temple shook and cowered in fear in a chain-link kennel. The staff veterinarian mutilated her vocal cords in a crude attempt to quiet her barking. She could not relax, as there was nothing—not even a bed—in her cinderblock and tile cell. This was her life at Red Beast Enterprises.

Then PETA stepped in. PETA’s investigator went undercover to show the world what Temple went through—and secured her freedom.

Today, Temple is a beloved family member. She runs, plays, and makes her own choices. She lives as every dog should.

Now, the nearly 70 surviving cats and dogs recently imprisoned at Red Beast Enterprises get to experience joy, too. Finally, Red Beast Enterprises, also known as “High Quality Research,” is closing, and the animals it forced to endure years of painful experiments are finally free.

How PETA’s Investigation at Red Beast Enterprises Paved the Way

PETA’s undercover investigation inside Red Beast found dogs and cats warehoused for years in barren enclosures. Animals grew sick and suffered without help. The laboratory’s veterinarian cut dogs’ vocal cords in painful “debarking” procedures with no pain relief.

PETA’s findings sparked federal regulatory action and widespread protests, and paved the way for this animal prison’s long-overdue closure and the liberation of these cats and dogs.

What’s Next for Red Beast’s Former Victims?

The surviving cats and dogs are now at Kindness Ranch, a Wyoming organization that rehabilitates animals used in experiments. Finally out of cages, Red Beast’s former victims will now experience what every cat and dog deserves—the opportunity to experience joy, love, and respect as members of a family.

Help Animals Abused for Experiments in Seconds

As Red Beast closes, we celebrate. But laboratories still use animals in painful, pointless experiments.

You can help stop this.

PETA’s Research Modernization NOW offers a plan to shift to modern, animal-free science. It’s due time to use methods that actually work. Please sign our petition and urge your members of Congress to introduce this much-needed legislation NOW.