{"id":781367,"date":"2026-06-16T08:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781367"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:12:11","slug":"good-riddence-ridglan-farms-to-shut-down-facility-and-release-all-beagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=781367","title":{"rendered":"GOOD RIDDANCE: Ridglan Farms to shut down facility and release all beagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced Monday, June 15 that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of Ridglan Farms and the transfer of its 475 remaining beagles starting this week. ‘Not one dog will remain,’ Lauree Simmons, the group\u2019s founder, said in a news conference at a farm in Wisconsin. ‘No more breeding, no more testing, no more anything.’ Simmons said her group is also ‘working closely’ with the Trump administration to stop funding studies that subject dogs to ‘invasive and painful experimentation.’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ASSOCIATED PRESS:<\/strong> A Wisconsin beagle breeding and research facility that\u2019s been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group.<\/em><\/p>\n

Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced Monday that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of Ridglan Farms and the transfer of its 475 remaining beagles starting this week.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNot one dog will remain,\u201d Lauree Simmons, the group\u2019s founder, said in a news conference at a farm in Wisconsin. \u201cNo more breeding, no more testing, no more anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Years-long opposition to the facility came to head in April when a large group of animal welfare activists stormed the property in an attempt to take away beagles, prompting police to use tear gas and pepper spray as they made dozens of arrests…<\/em><\/p>\n

Big Dog Ranch Rescue said some of the beagles will go to rescue groups while others will be sent to its Florida and Alabama campuses where they will be spayed, neutered, and prepared for adoption…<\/em><\/p>\n

About 200 dogs were being transferred Monday, according to Simmons. Another 125 will be moved Tuesday. The transfer of the remaining beagles will happen in August, as they are still puppies…<\/em><\/p>\n

Simmons said her group is also \u201cworking closely\u201d with the Trump administration to stop funding studies that subject dogs to \u201cinvasive and painful experimentation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., called Monday\u2019s deal a \u201cmajor win for animal welfare”. <\/em>SOURCE<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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