After years of tireless advocacy, a major victory for animal welfare is finally within reach: Ridglan Farms, one of the largest beagle-breeding facilities for laboratory testing in the United States, will shut down part of its operation. But there's a heartbreaking catch – the facility still plans to sell its remaining 2,500 dogs to research labs before its July 2026 closure.
These dogs have already suffered enough. Investigations revealed horrifying allegations: beagles kept in cramped cages, their eyelids and vocal cords cut without anesthesia, their paws blistered from standing in filth. These animals have known nothing but confinement and pain. Selling them to more labs would only extend their suffering.
Sign the petition to demand that Wisconsin officials step in to ensure every remaining Ridglan Farms beagle is released to adoption programs, not sold to experiments.
Beagles are chosen for testing precisely because they are trusting, gentle, and forgiving. But that same docility has been exploited for profit. These dogs deserve to experience kindness for the first time in their lives, and to be cared for by families who will give them love, comfort, and freedom.
Ridglan Farms must not be allowed to quietly dispose of these animals through "business as usual." The state must take immediate action to coordinate with rescue organizations, ensure these dogs are adopted out safely, and make this closure a true victory for animal welfare, not a tragedy disguised as progress.
Sign now to demand that the 2,500 remaining beagles at Ridglan Farms be adopted into loving homes, not sold into more suffering.
