Source: Fortune.com
Summary
Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin beagle breeding farm, is closing and transferring its 475 remaining beagles to Big Dog Ranch Rescue. The rescue group had previously bought 1,500 beagles from the farm in April. The transfer is expected to last until August, and the farm has committed to permanently closing its dog breeding, sales, research, and testing operations. Animal activists had been pushing for years to have dogs at the facility adopted, not sold to other research facilities. The farm had been the site of recent violent protests.
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Ridglan Farms is closing, and its remaining beagles are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. The farm had been the site of recent violent protests. The transfer of the remaining beagles is expected to last until August. Big Dog Ranch Rescue had previously bought 1,500 beagles from the farm in April. The farm’s closure marks the end of a long-standing controversy over animal testing and welfare.
The dogs are being transferred, but the real story is the business model that’s being dismantled.
Author: Evan Null
