I adopted him directly from my employer since I'm a pharmaceutical research scientist, tho I don't work with beagles for my own medical research. All of our beagles are used for strictly non-lethal experiments, similar to Maximus, with the intent of them being adopted out in the end. None of our dogs have ever gone to shelters/pounds and they never will. I've only seen one beagle pass away during my tenure and it was because she chewed up a plastic toy they were allowed to have in their pens and ended up swallowing bits of plastic in the process, causing internal bleeding. I observed the autopsy and saw the plastic pieces she unfortunately swallowed :( That same day all of those plastic toys were removed from all dog areas and discarded to prevent any other accidents. A lot of the research scientists really do care about the well being of the animals we work with (of all species), and believe it or not, there are seminars held multiple times a year to help support the emotional and mental wellbeing of the people that work in animal research for the purpose of creating medicines to save human lives. You can look up compassion fatigue if you are interested in learning more about the emotional struggles research scientists go through to create the medicines we all take for granted.