The leader of an ongoing effort to “rescue” some 1,900 beagles from a town of Blue Mounds breeding and research facility has been charged with a felony accusing him of breaking into and helping to take 30 of the dogs from the facility in March.
Leader of beagle ‘rescue’ effort at Ridglan Farms charged with burglary
From the Complete coverage: Ridglan Farms beagle controversy series
- CHRIS RICKERT
- Updated
A Ridglan Farms representative sent a video to media Sunday of a white truck "driven by an animal rights extremist and break-in participant, ramming the main gate at Ridglan Farms" and driving at high speed through the facility.
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The manure-lined trench was intended to dissuade activists from breaking in. Instead, the farm has been cited for installing an illegal manure pit.
The rally comes two days after hundreds of people descended on Ridglan Farms in the town of Blue Mounds in an attempt to free the approximatel…
The leader of an animal rights movement to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds was still in jail Sunday.
The facility has just more than 1,900 beagles. Fewer than 200 of these are used in Ridglan’s research, mostly to develop treatments for diseas…
Bradley Skelly, 60, also had his extended supervision revoked and was returned to prison for five years, meaning he will be in prison until he is 75.
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Ridglan said the people who tried to break into the facility were “a violent mob” that launched “an assault on a federally licensed research f…
Ridglan said the people who tried to break into the facility were “a violent mob” that launched “an assault on a federally licensed research f…
Two out-of-state organizations have agreed to take custody of nearly 1,000 beagles at Ridglan's facility in the town of Blue Mounds for an und…
As part of its deal with a special prosecutor, Ridglan has agreed to give up its state breeding license as of July 1 to avoid being brought up…
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