Animal rights activists say they plan to return and rescue all beagles from Ridglan Farms with more than 2,000 people taking part in the next action. As a result, Ridglan Farms added security, including a newly dug trench around the perimeter fence, and asked U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. for protection. In response, Pocan urged Ridglan Farms to focus on rehoming dogs instead, and stated: ‘My bigger concern is that what they’re doing is something that they already have a court order to quit doing, and they should probably focus on that court order’. Asked about a potential clash between activists and security, Pocan called it a lesson for the embattled breeder. ‘Why are they playing games, I think is the question’.
FOX6 MILWAUKEE: Animal rights activists say they plan to return after nearly 100 volunteers removed 22 beagles from the facility last month. They say more than 2,000 people could take part in the next action… So, Ridglan Farms added security and asked U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. for protection from what it described as “animal rights extremists”… Drone video provided… by the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Beagles shows new security measures, including a newly dug trench around the perimeter fence…
“I don’t even know if this is real, to be honest,” Pocan said. “I’ve been doing this now my 14th year, I’ve never had a company ask for security protection from Congress”… In a letter Monday, Pocan urged Ridglan Farms to focus on rehoming dogs instead, saying “prioritizing the safe rehoming of every beagle possible”…
“Honestly, my bigger concern, as someone who’s part of a caucus that’s focused on animal rights in Congress, that what they’re doing breeding beagles for scientific experiments, is something that they already have a court order to quit doing, and they should probably focus on that court order,” Pocan said. “In this case, Ridlgan has certainly slow walked it and are now facing potentially other situations”. Asked about a potential clash between activists and security, Pocan called it a lesson for the embattled breeder. “Why are they playing games, I think is the question,” Pocan said…
In October, a special prosecutor reached a deal allowing Ridglan Farms to avoid criminal animal cruelty charges if it agreed to sell off its remaining dogs and surrender its breeding license by July 1. As of last month, Ridglan still had more than 2,000 dogs on site. SOURCE
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