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Animal Welfare Protesters Converge on Wisconsin Governor’s Office Seeking Release of Beagles
More than 100 protesters urged state officials to shut down Ridglan Farms after a weekend clash with police left 29 people arrested.
- Animal welfare activists converged outside the Capitol on Monday, chanting 'Free the dogs!' and demanding that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul intervene to close Ridglan Farms.
- Clashes erupted Saturday at Ridglan Farms in rural Blue Mounds when approximately 1,000 activists attempted to free an estimated 2,000 beagles; police repelled them with tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray.
- Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett defended the police response as 'appropriate and decisive' against between 300 and 400 protesters, while Ridglan Farms denied abuse, calling activists' claims 'highly misleading.'
- Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan called on state officials Monday to develop a release plan preventing euthanasia, following his recent questioning of Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy about federal grants to the facility.
- Ridglan Farms agreed in October to surrender its state breeding license by July 1 to avoid prosecution, though it maintains serving as a biomedical research facility for more than 60 years.
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'Free the dogs': Group protests beagle facility at Capitol
Days after a violent clash with law enforcement at Ridglan Farms, a beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, animal welfare activists protested in Madison and demanded a meeting with Gov. Tony Evers.
·Milwaukee, United States
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Animal welfare protesters converge on Wisconsin governor’s office seeking release of beagles
Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!” and demanding that the governor and attorney general do what they can to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility.
·Chicago, United States
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Animal welfare protesters converge on Wisconsin governor's office seeking release of beagles
Animal welfare activists converged outside of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ Capitol office on Monday, chanting “Free the dogs!”
·United States
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