AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - More than 2,000 beagles freed from Wisconsin breeding facility as federal oversight gaps draw bipartisan scrutiny
A Wisconsin dog-breeding operation that state investigators cited for nearly 500 violations has surrendered its license and released its last beagles to rescue groups, while federal regulators logged just six violations at the same facility over the past decade. The final 155 beagles from Ridglan Farms arrived at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida this […] The post More than 2,000 beagles freed from Wisconsin breeding facility as federal oversight gaps draw bipartisan scrutiny appeared first on American Almanac .
A Wisconsin dog-breeding operation that state investigators cited for nearly 500 violations has surrendered its license and released its last beagles to rescue groups, while federal regulators logged just six violations at the same facility over the past decade. The final 155 beagles from Ridglan Farms arrived at Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Florida this month, completing a monthslong effort that moved more than 2,000 dogs out of the facility and into adoption pipelines. The relocation caps a saga that included a state criminal investigation, a judicial finding of probable cause for animal cruelty, mass protests, arrests, and a settlement that let the breeding operation avoid prosecution in exchange for giving up its state license to sell…Open