Very little evokes the kind of emotion than that of cute, little puppies, especially when they are rescued and given to loving homes. Well, this is one of those heart-warming stories but with a happy ending.

The international animal rescue group, ARME, which stands for Animal Rescue Media Education, had its largest rescue mission to date.  The Beagle Freedom project first began in December of 2010, when the group’s founder, Shannon Keith, learned that a group of lab puppies were being released for a chance at a new life. (http://www.beaglefreedomproject.org/about.php)

ARME managed to save 72 beagles from a lab in Spain who were using the puppies as test subjects for household items, medications, and cosmetic products. The group rescued them and then put the puppies up for adoption. 32 dogs have already been adopted and given a new beginning. Until this point, the beagles had grown up and been living in cages for their whole lives.  (www.time.com)  Thanks to ARME, the puppies lived to see the light of day.

According to the project’s website, www.beaglefreedomproject.org, beagles are the ideal test dogs as they easily adapt to their environment and they are cheap to take care of. The only good thing that these labs do is help find homes for these dogs when their testing is over, and that’s where ARME came in. Of course, there are challenges with adopting a lab dog. Many of the dogs have gone straight from breeders to a lab. They must grow accustom to everyday things they never got to experience like grass, the sun, children, and a normal, healthy diet.

The website also says “Our hope is that with your help, we can encourage more research labs to release animals and give them a chance at life, instead of destroying adoptable pets.”