Meet Xander The Cat, Who Was A Test Subject In A Lab Before Becoming A Pet (UPDATED)

You know those tearjerking videos of beagles rescued from research labs, walking on grass for the first time? Xander the cat -- known as Jax at the time of his rescue -- has one of those, too.

Saved from his former life as a lab test subject, Xander now lives with a loving owner and has found his place among a her small family of rescue cats.

Here is Xander (formerly Jax) in his first moments of freedom after leaving the lab. He is seen in this video along with another rescue cat, a mostly white feline named Shira.

"Xander was legally rescued from a lab in New York, on the condition of anonymity, by Beagle Freedom Project in January 2014," says Rachel Gruen, his new owner. "He lived in a windowless lab in a tiny wire cage for the first three years of his life, and he was done being a test subject."

A lab employee had contacted the Project about Xander, so that he wouldn't be euthanized at the end of his tests.

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I love these storiss and I find it so sad that they still test cats when there are so many options like rats and mice. Cats have so many feelings they are so adapted