Sheriff’s Office: No ‘walk through’ at Ridglan Farms
CHRIS RICKERT
Updated
Animal rights activists packed the halls outside Gov. Tony Evers' office in the Wisconsin State Capitol on Monday, April 20, 2026. The activists demanded a meeting with the governor over Ridglan Farms' conduct breeding and researching beagles, as well as force used by local law enforcement d…
Plans by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office to do an unannounced “walk through” of an embattled beagle breeding and research facility have been called off after state regulators said they would not participate in the visit.
kA 4=2DDlQE?4>D\:?=:?6\=:?<Qmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>25:D@?]4@>^E?4>D^2DD6E^65:E@C:2=^aah7fdg`\h4`2\c37g\277e\`hg4_3`57acaQmr@>A=6E6 4@G6C286i #:58=2? u2C>D 3628=6 4@?EC@G6CDJk^2mk^Am
Photos: Activists hold peaceful demonstration at Ridglan Farms after attempted break-in
Jessica Moses, right, of California, shares a long embrace with Irina Vogler of North Carolina during a gathering outside of Ridglan Farms on Sunday, a day after authorities repelled an attempt by activists to enter the grounds of the beagle breeding and research facility. The pair, both originally from Germany, had met only minutes earlier.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Animal rights activists gather outside of Ridglan Farms on Sunday.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Animal rights activists march up the hill on Blue Mounds Road outside of Ridglan Farms on Sunday.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Dane County Sheriff’s deputies receive white flowers from animal rights activists during a protest outside of Ridglan Farms on Sunday.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Animal rights activists look toward Ridglan Farms during a demonstration Sunday on the public road outside the facility.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Animal rights activists gather outside of Ridglan Farms Sunday for a peaceful demonstration, a day after an attempt led by the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Dogs failed to gain entry and free beagles at the facility.
OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Law enforcement personnel watch as animal rights activists gather outside Ridglan Farms on Sunday.
