Photos: Released Ridglan Farms beagles prepare to fly to East Coast
From the Complete coverage: Ridglan Farms beagle controversy series
A group of 16 beagles released in this week's deal with Ridglan Farms and animal rights groups were put on a plane bound for the East Coast at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport on Saturday, May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wis. Pilots to the Rescue, a non-profit that provides transport for at-risk animals, and Second Chance Rescue, a New York-based rescue service, worked together to make the flight happen. The dogs will be distributed to rescues in New York and Virginia.Â
Stephen Nut steps out of the side of a plane after loading beagles to be flown to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteer Holly Rilinger holds a beagle before it is loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Joseph Hunt, an out-of-state transport driver with Second Chance Rescue carries a beagle out of a van to be loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteer pilot Stephen Nur holds a beagle before it is put in a crate and loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A beagle walks on the tarmac before being loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A sacred beagle hides under a transport van before it is put in a crate and loaded on to a plane on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A beagle peers out of a crate before being loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteer pilot August Lim puts a beagle in a crate to be loaded on to a plane to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A beagle staying in a van to be driven to the East Coast lays in its crate before being cleaned on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Revv Aviation employee Miles Teubert hands a crate with a beagle in it to pilot Stephen Nur on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
From lefT: volunteers Holly Rilinger, Liz Liguori and Vanessa Piazza take a picture before beagles are flown to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Volunteer Liz Liguori holds a beagle staying in a van to be transported to the East Coast on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A fight over the treatment of beagles between animal rights activists and Ridglan Farms has led to arrests and protests.
