Activists attempt to gain entry into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Blue Mounds, Wis.
Activists help an elderly woman after she had been tear gassed during an attempt to gain entry into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Blue Mounds, Wis.
Law enforcement deploy tear gas as activists attempt to gain entry into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in Blue Mounds, Wis.
Animal rights activists react to tear gas while attempting to gain entry into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, Wis., Saturday, April 18, 2026.
Animal rights activists attempt to break into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds, Wis., Saturday, April 18, 2026.
BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) — About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader.
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