79 rescued beagles will soon need new homes in the Triangle. Want one?

Nearly 80 newly arrived beagles in the Triangle will soon need new, loving homes.

Triangle Beagle Rescue of North Carolina, based in Raleigh, welcomed the 79 beagles Tuesday, doubling the group’s dogs in a single day.

Twenty-five of the dogs are puppies, according to the group, also known as TriBeagles. It announced the rescue of the new beagles in a Facebook post.

As of Thursday morning, the group had raised over $7,190 in donations from over 140 people to care the dogs.

The beagles came from Envigo, a breeding facility in Cumberland, Virginia, where 4,000 dogs were rescued.

Envigo was closed for violations of the Animal Welfare Act for selling beagles to laboratories for scientific testing, according to animal advocates. None of the rescued dogs was sold for testing, according to Leann Tenbusch with TriBeagles.

The Humane Society of the United States is coordinating the transport of the beagles to shelters, Tenbusch said. The dogs are currently in foster homes until they are ready for adoption. While there, they can get medical care, rehab, and decompress.

“They’re lovely dogs, they are in good shape. They’re just confused,” Tenbusch said in a phone interview. “They’ve only lived on cement and they don’t know what grass is; they don’t know what a bed is. They don’t know what trees are. So they’re learning how to dog.”

Some of the dogs are already wagging their trails, Tenbusch said. She commended the community response to a July 23 TriBeagles Facebook post looking for volunteers. Typically the group gets about two applications for fosters a week, after the post, they got 200, Tenbusch said.

“We’re all volunteers, we’re not paid so we learned some stuff,” she said. “Anytime I’ve asked for collars, harnesses, the community has sent whatever we asked for.”

TriBeagles said they hope to get more dogs after the first 79 dogs are adopted. Most foster homes are in the Triangle area to be close to veterinarian in the area.

The dogs still need to be spayed and neutered, Tenbusch said. Within about two weeks, most will be ready for adoption. The puppies, which are only a few weeks old, will take longer to be ready.

How to adopt the beagles

People interested in adopting a beagle should review the group’s adoption approval process and application on their website at tribeagles.org/adopt. The process generally takes about two to three weeks to complete.

The dogs, once sterilized, will also have up-to-date shots. Puppies will cost $350, adult dogs are $300, and seniors are $200, Tenbusch said.

The Triangle Beagle Rescue has rescued more than 4,000 beagles since 1999..