Victory — Ridglan is shut down
Now let’s get 20,000+ beagles out of Marshall.
All 2,000 beagles are walking free and Ridglan is shutting down — thanks to a coalition of organizations and thousands of people who took action. Marshall BioResources is next. Add your name and help free them.
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All 2,000 beagles. Walking out for good.
Ridglan Farms is shutting down, and every one of its roughly 2,000 dogs is being released to rescue — made possible by a coalition of organizations that united for them, thousands of people who took action, and public support from politicians and everyday people alike.
Ridglan is shut down for good.
Now the fight moves to Marshall BioResources — where 20,000+ beagles are bred for laboratories every year. We’re not stopping until they’re free too.
In coalition with
Federal action · U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. Pocan is taking the
fight to Congress.
The congressman for Wisconsin’s 2nd District — where Ridglan operates — took the case to the U.S. House floor and secured a House Appropriations Committee amendment directing the USDA to review the federal licenses of breeders who lose their state license. The coalition behind Ridglan is bipartisan, broad, and federal. Marshall BioResources is next.
On the bipartisan coalition
“This situation is so nonpartisan that even Lara Trump and Laura Loomer have spoken out against what’s happening at Ridglan Farms. Interesting bedfellows.”
Living in Freedom
This is what we’re fighting for.
Beagles, after rescue. In homes. On couches. In their own backyards. Loved.
Tens of thousands more are still bred for labs every year — at facilities like Marshall BioResources. Help free the rest →
Press
Covered Worldwide
From The Guardian to the New York Times to your hometown paper.
“Animal Rights Activists Target Wisconsin Facility Accused of Breeding Dogs for Medical Experiments”
Amy Goodman and Juan González interview Rebekah Robinson — a Wisconsin resident and Dane4Dogs founder arrested at the action — on the police response and what it was like to face tear gas and rubber bullets for trying to save dogs.
Watch full segment
'They know they're safe': beagles saved from US research facility after protests
Read at The Guardian
1,500 Beagles From Troubled Research Facility Are Getting New Homes
Read at New York Times
The Fight to Free Hundreds of Beagles From a Rural Wisconsin Research Lab
Read at Wall Street Journal
How 2,000 beagles set the animal rights movement on fire
Read at Vox
Bryan Polcyn’s years-long investigation into Ridglan Farms
FOX6’s investigative reporter has covered Ridglan since 2025 — leaked buyer lists, undercover footage, federal citations, and experiments performed without anesthesia. The reporting that made the case unignorable.
See all of his reportingPlus 60+ more from CNN, CBS, AP, Washington Post, Fortune, and others
No dog should be
born into a cage.
Bred for laboratories. Sold into experiments. Treated like inventory. End the system. Start with dogs.