1,500 Ridglan beagles purchased by animal welfare groups as activist faces criminal charges

By: Isiah Holmes

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 1,679

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago


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The fate of most of the beagles held at Ridglan Farms took a turn Thursday, when animal welfare groups Center for a Humane Economy and Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced they had reached an agreement with the Dane County dog breeder and research facility to buy 1,500 of the beagles. The dogs will be transferred to the groups for rehabilitation and adoption. Ridglan Farms, which both breeds beagles for testing and maintains its own biomedical …

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