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Building a compassionate and knowledgeable community for animal lab workers to process their experiences and become advocates for science without human or animal suffering.
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Animal laboratory workers are often told their distress is “just compassion fatigue.” But for many, the experience runs deeper. When your work repeatedly asks you to act in ways that conflict with your values, this can lead to moral distress or moral injury.
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Animal laboratory workers are often told their distress is “just compassion fatigue.” But for many, the experience runs deeper. When your work repeatedly asks you to act in ways that conflict with your values, this can lead to moral distress or moral injury.
Justify is thrilled to be working with Dr. Jamie McNally, a Licensed Professional Counselor, trauma specialist, & moral injury researcher, on the development of Justify's trauma-informed programming and resources for animal lab workers. Learn more about her work: https://bit.ly/4qgp9GI
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Justify is thrilled to be working with Dr. Jamie McNally, a Licensed Professional Counselor, trauma specialist, & moral injury researcher, on the development of Justify's trauma-informed programming and resources for animal lab workers. Learn more about her work: https://bit.ly/4qgp9GI
🌟 Applications are now open for the 2026 FREE Summer Immersion on Innovative Approaches in Science at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland on June 15-18.
Justify Executive Director @madelinekrasno.bsky.social is excited to join the program as a speaker!
Justify Executive Director @madelinekrasno.bsky.social is excited to join the program as a speaker!
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
🌟 Applications are now open for the 2026 FREE Summer Immersion on Innovative Approaches in Science at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland on June 15-18.
Justify Executive Director @madelinekrasno.bsky.social is excited to join the program as a speaker!
Justify Executive Director @madelinekrasno.bsky.social is excited to join the program as a speaker!
🔭 We’re still looking for 12 new monthly supporters to join Justify at $20/month or more. As a thank you, these supporters will receive an autographed copy of Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals written by our Board Member Dr. John Gluck. Become a monthly supporter now: https://bit.ly/4ppDMX5
January 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
🔭 We’re still looking for 12 new monthly supporters to join Justify at $20/month or more. As a thank you, these supporters will receive an autographed copy of Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals written by our Board Member Dr. John Gluck. Become a monthly supporter now: https://bit.ly/4ppDMX5
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🐁 Three mice are alive today because of a lab worker’s compassion. It’s something we see often at @justifyglobal.bsky.social: lab workers are often the fiercest advocates for animals, not just for better welfare, but for a life outside the lab. ⬇️
December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🐁 Three mice are alive today because of a lab worker’s compassion. It’s something we see often at @justifyglobal.bsky.social: lab workers are often the fiercest advocates for animals, not just for better welfare, but for a life outside the lab. ⬇️
BIG NEWS! The first 20 new monthly supporters who join Justify starting at $20/month will receive an autographed copy of our Board Member Dr. John Gluck’s book Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals! Secure your copy now: https://whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242961-support-justify
December 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
BIG NEWS! The first 20 new monthly supporters who join Justify starting at $20/month will receive an autographed copy of our Board Member Dr. John Gluck’s book Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals! Secure your copy now: https://whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242961-support-justify
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‼️Today I presented on behalf of @justifyglobal.bsky.social at SGV Meeting 2025 in Zurich, a two-day continuing education summit hosted by the Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (which is dedicated to promoting the 3Rs REPLACE, REDUCE, & REFINE). CONT. ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
‼️Today I presented on behalf of @justifyglobal.bsky.social at SGV Meeting 2025 in Zurich, a two-day continuing education summit hosted by the Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (which is dedicated to promoting the 3Rs REPLACE, REDUCE, & REFINE). CONT. ⬇️
Animal research is often justified as “for humanity,” but we rarely talk about the human cost to those doing the work. Many lab workers feel powerless, complicit, and unsure who is safe to confide in. That’s why we built Justify’s Lab Worker Hub - https://www.whenwejustify.org/lab-worker-hub
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Animal research is often justified as “for humanity,” but we rarely talk about the human cost to those doing the work. Many lab workers feel powerless, complicit, and unsure who is safe to confide in. That’s why we built Justify’s Lab Worker Hub - https://www.whenwejustify.org/lab-worker-hub
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When you were starting your scientific career, did you feel pressured to conduct animal experiments? Or maybe you still do?
COLAAB founding member @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares her experience as a PhD student in this blog for @justifyglobal.bsky.social.
#phdlife #phdchat #phdsky
COLAAB founding member @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares her experience as a PhD student in this blog for @justifyglobal.bsky.social.
#phdlife #phdchat #phdsky
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When you were starting your scientific career, did you feel pressured to conduct animal experiments? Or maybe you still do?
COLAAB founding member @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares her experience as a PhD student in this blog for @justifyglobal.bsky.social.
#phdlife #phdchat #phdsky
COLAAB founding member @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares her experience as a PhD student in this blog for @justifyglobal.bsky.social.
#phdlife #phdchat #phdsky
Every lab worker story shared with Justify emphasizes the urgent need for science that isn’t perpetuating suffering. Every act of honesty, every moment of reflection, moves us toward science that is ethical, innovative, and truly human-relevant.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Every lab worker story shared with Justify emphasizes the urgent need for science that isn’t perpetuating suffering. Every act of honesty, every moment of reflection, moves us toward science that is ethical, innovative, and truly human-relevant.
We hear this again and again. Behind every protocol is a human being carrying ethical conflict, moral distress, and experiences they’ve been taught to bury. If you or someone you know is struggling with the emotional or ethical toll of animal research, Justify is here and ready to help. 💛
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We hear this again and again. Behind every protocol is a human being carrying ethical conflict, moral distress, and experiences they’ve been taught to bury. If you or someone you know is struggling with the emotional or ethical toll of animal research, Justify is here and ready to help. 💛
✨This Just In: Justify Co-Founder and Board Secretary & Treasurer Mallory Cormier opens up about her experience working in a pharmaceutical rabbit breeding facility and how it inspired her to start her own nonprofit, Save The Buns.
www.whenwejustify.org/post/leaping...
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Leaping Rhino: The Rabbit Who Opened the Door to Change
One of my core memories from working in the lab is about a rabbit named Rhino. Although that was not her “real” name, as she was given a number that was tattooed inside her ear, she left an imprint on...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
✨This Just In: Justify Co-Founder and Board Secretary & Treasurer Mallory Cormier opens up about her experience working in a pharmaceutical rabbit breeding facility and how it inspired her to start her own nonprofit, Save The Buns.
www.whenwejustify.org/post/leaping...
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We want every student and researcher who feels trapped and disempowered in the animal research industry to know this:
Your reactions—fear, disgust, trauma—are normal. They are signs of compassion, not weakness.
Thank you, Dr. Diqui LaPenta, for naming what so many experience in silence.
Your reactions—fear, disgust, trauma—are normal. They are signs of compassion, not weakness.
Thank you, Dr. Diqui LaPenta, for naming what so many experience in silence.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We want every student and researcher who feels trapped and disempowered in the animal research industry to know this:
Your reactions—fear, disgust, trauma—are normal. They are signs of compassion, not weakness.
Thank you, Dr. Diqui LaPenta, for naming what so many experience in silence.
Your reactions—fear, disgust, trauma—are normal. They are signs of compassion, not weakness.
Thank you, Dr. Diqui LaPenta, for naming what so many experience in silence.
Struggling with your experience in an animal research lab? You’re not alone.
Justify was created by and for animal lab workers to provide peer support, community dialogue, and resources for those navigating the emotional and ethical sides of this work.
Reach out to us at whenwejustify.org.
Justify was created by and for animal lab workers to provide peer support, community dialogue, and resources for those navigating the emotional and ethical sides of this work.
Reach out to us at whenwejustify.org.
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Struggling with your experience in an animal research lab? You’re not alone.
Justify was created by and for animal lab workers to provide peer support, community dialogue, and resources for those navigating the emotional and ethical sides of this work.
Reach out to us at whenwejustify.org.
Justify was created by and for animal lab workers to provide peer support, community dialogue, and resources for those navigating the emotional and ethical sides of this work.
Reach out to us at whenwejustify.org.
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@whenwejustify.bsky.social the blogs are so powerful & relatable!
November 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@whenwejustify.bsky.social the blogs are so powerful & relatable!
Former primate researcher and Justify Board Member Dr. John Gluck joins other insiders in this powerful look inside the primate research industry—revealing what few outside the lab ever see.
The rural town of Yemassee, South Carolina (population 1,080), is home to four times as many monkeys as humans. Last year, 43 rhesus macaques escaped from a breeding and research facility. Then things got political.
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
“I wasn’t fooled by these walls of my body / but loved them touched.”
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November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Former primate researcher and Justify Board Member Dr. John Gluck joins other insiders in this powerful look inside the primate research industry—revealing what few outside the lab ever see.
✨This Just In—Check out this guest blog by Richard J. Miller, career scientist and author of The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation.
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Why I Can No Longer "Justify" Animal Research
Animals have been used as stand-ins for humans when conducting biomedical research since classical antiquity when this approach was pioneered by the likes of Aristotle and Galen. But, after thousands ...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
✨This Just In—Check out this guest blog by Richard J. Miller, career scientist and author of The Rise and Fall of Animal Experimentation.
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✨This Just In - In Justify’s new blog, we honor Jane Goodall. Before she became one of the most influential advocates for animals and the preservation of the natural world, many people might not know that Jane Goodall had previously spent time in research labs.
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Honoring Jane Goodall
Before she became one of the most influential advocates for animals and the preservation of the natural world, many people might not know that Jane Goodall had previously spent time in research labs.W...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
✨This Just In - In Justify’s new blog, we honor Jane Goodall. Before she became one of the most influential advocates for animals and the preservation of the natural world, many people might not know that Jane Goodall had previously spent time in research labs.
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✨This past weekend, I spoke at the Animal Law Conference to the largest in-person audience I’ve ever presented to (200+)!
Stay tuned for the presentation recording... In the meantime, please enjoy a photo of me with this very good boy and conference MVP, Glen.
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Stay tuned for the presentation recording... In the meantime, please enjoy a photo of me with this very good boy and conference MVP, Glen.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
✨This past weekend, I spoke at the Animal Law Conference to the largest in-person audience I’ve ever presented to (200+)!
Stay tuned for the presentation recording... In the meantime, please enjoy a photo of me with this very good boy and conference MVP, Glen.
@whenwejustify.bsky.social
Stay tuned for the presentation recording... In the meantime, please enjoy a photo of me with this very good boy and conference MVP, Glen.
@whenwejustify.bsky.social
✨ This Just In: Justify President & CEO Lindsay Oliver discusses how compassion fatigue is being weaponized in animal labs.
📖 Read the blog: www.whenwejustify.org/post/when-co...
📖 Read the blog: www.whenwejustify.org/post/when-co...
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
✨ This Just In: Justify President & CEO Lindsay Oliver discusses how compassion fatigue is being weaponized in animal labs.
📖 Read the blog: www.whenwejustify.org/post/when-co...
📖 Read the blog: www.whenwejustify.org/post/when-co...
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In honor of my 35th birthday today, would you consider a donation to @whenwejustify.bsky.social? ♥️
Help us build a world where no one has to silence their conscience, and no one’s suffering—human or animal—is treated as expendable.
whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242...
Help us build a world where no one has to silence their conscience, and no one’s suffering—human or animal—is treated as expendable.
whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242...
Support Justify!
Because human and animal suffering don't belong in science. Founded by former lab workers who experienced firsthand the comfort of confiding in each other about their shared background, Justify is a g...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In honor of my 35th birthday today, would you consider a donation to @whenwejustify.bsky.social? ♥️
Help us build a world where no one has to silence their conscience, and no one’s suffering—human or animal—is treated as expendable.
whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242...
Help us build a world where no one has to silence their conscience, and no one’s suffering—human or animal—is treated as expendable.
whenwejustify.networkforgood.com/projects/242...
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Grateful to support @whenwejustify.bsky.social and watch their critical movement grow. Thanks for inviting me to contribute my story, @madelinekrasno.bsky.social !
✨ This Just In: @ertrunnell.bsky.social shares why she no longer defends the animal research she was once trained to do—and how she’s helping end animal methods bias.
📖 Read her powerful story: www.whenwejustify.org/post/the-sci...
📖 Read her powerful story: www.whenwejustify.org/post/the-sci...
October 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Grateful to support @whenwejustify.bsky.social and watch their critical movement grow. Thanks for inviting me to contribute my story, @madelinekrasno.bsky.social !