The Beagle Freedom Project is seeking a way to get a home to animals used in medical testing procedures. Right now some of those dogs, generally beagles, are put up for adoption.

But a broader effort is underway to get the Research Animal Protection Bill, passed that would compel local labs to reach out to a local shelter to see if a dog or cat could be put up for adoption. Kevin Chase says there are a few informal adoption programs around the state and they’d like to see a more formal process set up.

Chase says that shelters are ready to take the dogs or cats in and they can make great pets once they are done.