melanie d.g. kaplan

From the byline to the book deal. 📚

Join @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social, Mike Tidwell, Vicki Valosik, and Cathy Alter as they share the reality of the journalist-to-author pipeline at #WWC2026!
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Hey out West: Next stop, Colorado!
#booksky, #animalresearch, #beagles, #dogs

Beyond Anthropomorphism: The Science of Animal Emotions We explore the inner lives of animals, from pain in lobsters to odd-couple friendships to empathy in baboons.

I've come to rely on @whyy.org's @thepulse.whyy.org for good medical and health news, and inspiring stories from brill host Maiken Scott. So it's a real delight to be included--telling Hammy's story--in this beautiful episode about animal emotions. whyy.org/episodes/do-... #beagles, #dogs

Hey, DC! Hope to see you at my book talk/signing Sunday @ 1 @ @barnesandnoble.com (Georgetown) with the @washingtonpost.com's amazing Andrea Sachs. Bonus: beagles bred for research: Carmel, Oliver, Hazel + Mabel.
Come for the beagles, stay for the talk. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

An Evening at the Avalon with Melanie Kaplan - You Will Never Look at a Dog Quite the Same Way Again February 25th, we discuss her recently released book about animal research and so much more

A short preview of this evening's live book talk at The Avalon Theatre in Easton, MD, with Talbot Humane and @clf21601.bsky.social. Tickets still available!
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#booksky, #animalresearch 💙📚

Well done, @jasondearen.com + team! Great article and related documentary on @frontlinepbs.bsky.social. (Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy)

Good morning, Toronto! Bring your friends + meet Lizzie and Nimby, former research beagles. See you tonight!
#animalresearch, #beagles 📚💙

Lab Dog event "A wonderful, unusual, and healing book. . . Read this book to affirm that love never dies, and you are not alone."—Sy Montgomery

Lab Dog double-header in Boston! Tonight at Newtonville Books, and tomorrow at Papercuts J.P. Former research beagles will be joining me at both events. Buy your $5 JP tickets here: papercutsjp.com/events/45296... And see you there! 💙📚
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#animalresearch
#beagles

Lab Dog author Melanie D.G. Kaplan at the KSJ offices with beagle pal Moira Rose.

We have a VIP (and a VIB!) at the @ksjatmit.bsky.social offices today. @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social is speaking to Knight fellows about her book Lab Dog.

Bundling up and heading north!
Thanks for helping spread the word, friends. See you there!

Woohoo, we love a sale! My neighborhood bookstore (and former employer) @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social is discounting its entire website until February 1, including signed copies of Lab Dog. Shippable across North America. Buy one for you + one for a friend. :-)
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#animalresearch, #dogs, #booksky💙📚

Hope to see you at my book event with @elissabfree.bsky.social in Chevy Chase today before the flakes start falling! And register for these three online events, starting Monday.

Melanie D.G. Kaplan for Lab Dog The “remarkable” (Dr. Jane Goodall) story of a beagle’s past, and the future of animal research  When journalist Melanie D.G. Kaplan adopted her beagle Hammy, all she knew was that he h…

I'm so excited for this Friday book event at @peoplesbooktakoma.com, with Mike Tidwell, whose writing I've been reading for decades! Fingers and paws crossed the snow will hold off for the weekend. See you there! #animals, #dogs, #animalresearch, #booksky💙📚
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So many book events I’m looking forward to in the coming weeks! On Thursday, join Katie Conlee and me—and some awesome little beagles bred for research—at the Urbana branch of Frederick County Public Libraries. Book sales + signings and beagle time after our talk!

Book-lovers: Time to put down your books and watch some BookTV! My conversation with @npr.org’s @francoordonez.bsky.social at Wonderland Books Bethesda will be aired Sunday At 2 EST on @c-span.bsky.social. Tune in! #books, #dogs, #animalresearch
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Excerpt: When the Ethics of Animal Research Hit Home The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice.

If you haven't yet read Lab Dog, here's an excerpt from @undark.org.
It's one of my favorite sections--because it starts with Hammy and his love for vegetables. :-) Then it delves into the complicated ethical choices we make about animal research. Enjoy the read! #animalresearch, #dogs, #booksky 💙📚

Best weekend of books and beagles! Thanks, @barnesandnoble.com Woodbridge + Annapolis and so many beagles who were bred with the intention of being used for research but instead busied themselves inhaling pup cups and greeting shoppers. #animalresearch, #dogs, #booksky📚💙

@barnesandnoble.com double-header this weekend to kick off the new year! Hope to see you at one of these events: Woodbridge, VA on Saturday * Annapolis on Sunday. Come meet some beagles bred for research and pick up a signed copy of Lab Dog! #booksky, #dogs, #animals, #animalresearh💙📚

Book Review: Lab Dog by Melanie D. G. Kaplan As an animal rights activist who is also a biology student, little has weighed on me more heavily in my day-to-day life than the ubiquity of biomedical animal testing.

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Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

A surprise gift at the end of 2025: This review from @jayhancock.bsky.social in @wirobooks.bsky.social. Thank you! 📚💙 #booksky, #animals, #dogs

S13. E10: Melanie Kaplan: Lab Dog — Species Unite When journalist Melanie Kaplan agreed to foster a beagle named Hammy, she knew he’d just been released from a research lab. What she didn’t know was how profoundly his story — and the world he c...

If you're looking for a podcast about animals, I can't recommend one more than @speciesunite.bsky.social. I've been listening to the lovely and thoughtful @elizabethnovogratz.bsky.social for years and was honored this fall when she invited me on as a guest to chat about Lab Dog! 💙📚 #animals

End animal testing on dogs | The Opinion Pages Last week, when the President signed the massive $900 billion 2026 Defense policy bill into law, dogs and cats got an early Christmas gift. Tucked into the legislation was a measure that cuts Departme...

Stacy Lopresti-Goodman on dogs used for research. "My findings demonstrate that despite some residual fear and anxiety from their early-life experiences, [former lab dogs] can adjust to living in homes, form strong bonds with their caregivers, and make equally good companions as other beagles do."

🎧 Why do we connect so deeply with animals? Listen to this moving clip from our bonus content with @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social.

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Experimenting on Dogs Is Getting Harder to Defend Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, f...

I talked to @fayeflam.bsky.social, a science journalist and columnist for @bloomberg.com, when she was gathering info for this column--a topic that's obvs important to me. Will dogs follow the in footsteps of chimps, who were phased out of experimentation a decade ago? #dogs, #animalresearch

🎧 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🎧

Our interview with @melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social about her book "Lab Dog" is out now! A must-listen for anyone who cares about animals AND scientific progress.

Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep884

#AnimalRights #LabDog

Animal Writes: Crafting Authentic Animal Narratives with John Yunker and Midge Raymond This episode explores how writers can authentically represent animals in literature with authors and publishers John Yunker and Midge Raymond, who discuss their new book Animal Writes and their Writin...

@ourhenhouse.org episode: www.ourhenhouse.org/ep881/

Classes & Events - Ashland Creek Press Upcoming… Writing for Animals Live Wednesdays, March 4-25, 2026 This month-long virtual workshop, held via Zoom, is designed to help writers become more effective advocates for animals. Using Writing ...

Ashland Creek Press workshop Writing for Animals: ashlandcreekpress.com/classes-even...

The founders of Ashland Creek Press have a new book that digs into the language around animals and offers tips for how to portray them empathically and authentically. The authors were just interviewed on @ourhenhouse.org and they'll be teaching a writing workshop in March. Links in comments!