{"id":780735,"date":"2026-03-17T09:53:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=780735"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:36:33","slug":"dog-day-afternoon-animal-rights-activists-storm-dog-breeding-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=780735","title":{"rendered":"DOG DAY AFTERNOON: Animal rights activists storm dog breeding facility to rescue beagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><strong>A massive surge of animal activists descended upon Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin, the nation\u2019s second-largest beagle breeding and research facility, and rescued 23 beagles. This follows a historic legal settlement that requires Ridglan to surrender its breeding license by July 1, 2026. However, protestors argue that the &#8216;stipulation&#8217; leaves thousands of dogs in immediate peril to be experimented on at the facility.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>FOX6 NEWS:<\/strong> Dozens of animal rights activists stormed Ridglan Farms, a controversial dog breeding facility west of Madison, on Sunday morning, March 15. The self-described &#8220;rescuers&#8221; got away with 23 beagles. The Dane County sheriff said half of the activists were detained or arrested, and some could face criminal charges&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The team of activists, led by attorney Wayne Hsiung, penetrated the Ridglan Farms perimeter shortly after 8 a.m. Then, they tried to force their way into the breeding barns. After failing to breach multiple doors, they punched their way in through a window \u2013 grabbing beagles from their cages and attempting to carry them to freedom&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The activists told FOX6 that they still have 23 Ridglan Farms beagles at an undisclosed rescue house. Jim Newman, a Ridglan Farms spokesperson, said that matches the number of beagles they counted as missing&#8230; Leaders of the operation said it was a success, but they also say their work is not done&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;There are still almost 2,000 dogs on site here and each one of those dogs\u2019 lives matter,&#8221; said activist Emily Anderson&#8230; According to a settlement last fall, Ridglan Farms has until July first to shut down its breeding operation to avoid facing animal cruelty charges. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/ridglan-farms-break-in-animal-activists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BRIAN POLCYN<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEOS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXnhGmyVnM0?si=CJnzyJpl8yH6JNuP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWEdEax7gO4?si=uA-fiFSLLC2GeeMY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive surge of animal activists descended upon Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin, the nation\u2019s second-largest beagle breeding and research facility, and rescued 23 beagles. This follows a historic legal settlement that requires Ridglan to surrender its breeding license by July 1, 2026. However, protestors argue that the &#8216;stipulation&#8217; leaves thousands of dogs in immediate peril [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":780740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,18,20,21,23,25],"tags":[26,27,29,30,31,35,36,37],"class_list":["post-780735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-ethics","category-justice","category-kisnship","category-rights","category-welfare","tag-compassion","tag-cruelty","tag-experimentation","tag-exploitation","tag-farming","tag-protection","tag-sentience","tag-speciesism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780743,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780735\/revisions\/780743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/780740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}