016 | Right To Rescue 2 : Ridglan

Hey Rebels, We have a lot of links coming to you today so we won't be adding our regular news. But you can read it at WorldAnimalProtection.Org

We are talking today about the brave act of rescuing beagles slotted for vivisection in broad daylight by DxE activists. 

Check out this interview with Dane County DA:

Why No Criminal Charges? Special Prosecutor Breaks Down Ridglan Farms Case

And this interview with a rescuer at the Ridglan March 15th Rescue:

Removing the Beagles | Wisconsin's Midday News

And to get active for the dogs in April:

This Is the (New) Plan to Save the Ridglan Dogs

Special Thanks to Nick Panek for music sourced through Pixabay.Com

This episode is intended to be for educational purposes and personal opinions only. The content herein does not reflect on organizations mentioned within the episode.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

Hey guys, it's Elf. It's Abby and welcome to Rescue Rebels. All right. So we got some news for everyone. And this episode this week is going to be current events, which I think is going to be fun because all we've really done is like older historical situations for the past few episodes. So I really think this one's going to be fun. It's going to be different. And hopefully some of you will be inspired to get involved. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_00 1:11

The low mang.

SPEAKER_01 1:12

And yeah, I was eaten all right before I got on. So I might burn. So our news this week from worldanimalprotection.org is that a new global poll shows that tourists would turn away if South Africa backtracks on a captive lion phase out. Now that is a really long title. So I'm gonna break it down.

SPEAKER_00 1:42

I'm like trying to right.

SPEAKER_01 1:44

So a new poll shows that 70% of tourists would decide to not go or not visit South Africa if it reverses the fact it was phasing out captive lion tourist attractions.

SPEAKER_00 2:01

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 2:02

So they've been telling the public that they're going to start phasing out captive lion attractions, which is a theme that we're seeing in a lot of places where they're finally taking a stance on animal welfare and deciding to stop these, you know, cubpetting lion experience, captive animal show type stuff to get tourist money. They seem to be reversing their stance on that. And this poll has shown that the common ground of people are saying if you are going to make that a focal point of the experience for your nation, we are not gonna visit.

SPEAKER_00 2:46

They're not even interested.

SPEAKER_01 2:48

And I think that's amazing.

SPEAKER_00 2:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 2:50

It kind of shows a trend that's I think is really positive of moving in a direction where we're cherishing animals and especially especially species that are either endangered or at risk, right? So I thought that was pretty cool. I thought that that was, even though I wouldn't consider it a win because it's like it's a they're potentially moving in the wrong direction, it's a step in the right direction for the collective consciousness of the human race saying this is a problem and we don't want to be a part of it.

SPEAKER_00 3:28

Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 3:30

So that's what I think is pretty cool.

SPEAKER_00 3:31

I think that's awesome.

SPEAKER_01 3:32

Yeah. So that's news from worldanimalprotection.org. Make sure that you guys put that on one of your, you know, daily if you sign up for email newsletters or blogs or anything like that, sign up. That website's really great. It's a fantastic way to get plugged in with breaking animal news. Although I'm surprised they have yet to pick up the story that you are all going to hear today from me. Oh I haven't reported on it yet, so that's kind of interesting. But yeah, I want to know what's going on.

SPEAKER_00 4:03

How are you? Good. I'm a little tired. As you've seen, I've tried to stop two yawns so far.

SPEAKER_01 4:10

That's fine. We'll be okay. I'm tired too, but I'm like forcing myself into being energetic.

SPEAKER_00 4:19

Yeah, yeah. I can get there. I'll get there. I'll get there.

SPEAKER_01 4:23

That was really bad. But I just I ran with it. It started making the making the bubble noise, and I was like serpenting straws. It reminds you of your pong days.

SPEAKER_00 4:36

Oh. When Jay would do the thing, and I wouldn't be like twitching like a fiend. That's funny.

SPEAKER_01 4:48

Yeah, I don't have any really great news other than I don't know, the weather's finally turning and it's been nice. Oh, yes. Although we're looking at really bad storms tomorrow, which has got me a little nervous. I think I still have PTSD from the tree falling.

SPEAKER_00 5:01

Yeah. I'm just not ready for lots of trees for worn down trees. Lots of damage happening. Yeah, so farm and residential.

SPEAKER_01 5:11

We'll see how that goes. But in other news, we're gonna get into one of the hottest topics in animal advocacy right now. You don't know anything about.

SPEAKER_00 5:22

So it's I have no clue what's gonna be said.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

All right, so we're gonna jump in.

SPEAKER_00 5:28

This is gonna be the purest and rawest reaction. Reaction, which is great.

SPEAKER_01 5:34

So, trigger warning for everybody, we're gonna talk about animals in captivity and animal experimentation.

SPEAKER_00 5:40

Oh, my God.

SPEAKER_01 5:41

Yeah, vivisection and experiments. Horrible stuff, right? So we're gonna be talking about Ridgland Farms.

SPEAKER_00 5:51

What? Say that again.

SPEAKER_01 5:53

www.ridn.net.

SPEAKER_00 5:56

That sounds familiar.

SPEAKER_01 5:57

The quote on their website is Bred to Be Better and Raised to be the best.

unknown 6:04

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 6:05

The website sports a simple and straightforward look to advertise the sale of their beagles.

unknown 6:12

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

At first glance, we see adorable chunky beagle puppies piled together in a cute little photo. The mission statement and the quotations come across as if they really do strive to be the best. As if maybe these animals are being raised by loving hands, receiving the best enrichment money can provide, and even attentive, humane care. This facility doesn't exactly shy away from the fact that they breed beagles specifically for biomedical research. However, nowhere on their website do we see any facility photos. We're not getting a glimpse into what life is actually like for these beagles. And the fact they call themselves a farm, I feel like it's sort of a nod to propaganda that these animals receive time out in the sunshine on green grass, because what else would a farm be other than beautiful sloping pastures and shady oak trees with a white picket front?

SPEAKER_00 7:09

I've seen farms in many different ways.

SPEAKER_01 7:13

But it's propaganda. Because anytime they say, you know, farms, what do you think of? When I see the picture of Hidden Valley Rams, so like you and I have been a little more deconstructed from the the consciousness, the general consciousness and belief system that farms are like these beautiful, lush places. But when you're looking at cognitive dissonance thinking, what we are sold by media, it's Hidden Valley Ranch. Yeah. So the biomedical research industry trusts us to raise high quality and healthy animals for scientific and medical discovery. We are specialists committed to delivering the very highest level of care and attention to excellence. That is another quotation from their website.

SPEAKER_00 8:09

They are full of themselves.

SPEAKER_01 8:12

So when you dive further into the website, particularly the About Me page, we see a couple stock photos, particularly of a beagle with an apparent medical professional. And the white text on the left-hand side of the image says Adobe stock photo. Smiling people handling happy dogs. But not from Ridgelin. Because that's a stock photo. The photo is not from inside their facility. They took it from the internet.

SPEAKER_00 8:45

What?

SPEAKER_01 8:46

So it's not like a legit like it's not even a photo of their beagles or their professionals. It is a stock photo.

SPEAKER_00 8:53

Wow. Like a like clip art. Pretty much. It was a paper clip, wasn't it? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:03

Yeah. So you can't go much farther than that without a creating buyer account on their website. So instead of talking about what Ridgeland Farms says they do for beagles and the medical industry, we're gonna tell you about the open rescue in broad daylight by Direct Action Everywhere activists on March 15th, 2026.

SPEAKER_00 9:24

No way. And they rate it.

SPEAKER_01 9:29

It doesn't take much to search and find videos, photographs, and firsthand accounts of the absolutely awful conditions of Ridgeland Farms. Behind the closed walls inside dank and dark barns are thousands of puppies being bred in a continuous cycle of exploitation and suffering. Puppies are seen spinning in circles in apparent medical and mental distress, self-mutilating and howling nonstop for the ears of anyone who would care to listen. In other behind-the-scenes investigations into other Beagle farms, exactly like Ridgeland farms, we can see videos and footage of animals being forced into restraint, undergoing painful medical procedures without anesthesia or pain medication. And this is not for their benefit. It's not like a vet visit. They're not being neutered, they're not being, well, they're being vaccinated, but not with like regular run-of-the-mill preventatives that you would need to have a healthy animal. What we are seeing is experimentation. Okay, I just want to put that out there.

SPEAKER_00 10:31

Wild.

SPEAKER_01 10:32

You know, you have to restrain an animal to treat them medically when you're in a situation that requires it, but this is not what that is. There's a big difference there, right? The animal experimentation industry does not take into account the comfort or safety of the animals they experiment on. So it's obvious why people feel so deeply that they're willing to walk into the facility in broad daylight for a nonviolent act of rebellion. Our story of Ridgeland's involvement in beagle torture actually starts further back in 2017, when DXE, or direct action everywhere, I'm gonna say DXE, investigators entered a Ridgeland Farms facility and witnessed the abhorrent conditions and treatment of the Beagles in their care. It was obvious Ridgeland Farms needed to be shut down. Much like the case we covered back in episode two, our right to rescue, the prosecutor office was more concerned with the stealing of property than it was with the cruel treatment of these dogs. So the Dane County Prosecutor's Office charged these activists with theft for rescuing two beagles that day in 2017. However, as the trial began to ramp up and activists exposed the footage of scenes within the labs, Rindow and Farms decided they did not want the negative publicity they were garnering and dropped the charges against the DXE investigators.

SPEAKER_00 11:54

They wanted to shut them. I didn't want people knowing how what they were.

SPEAKER_01 12:00

Yeah. And so, much like we do, the legal team of the activists decided to take it a step further because we really wanted to see justice for these dogs. Not only were they able to see their activists walk free, but they decided to bring a case against Ridgeland Farms for criminal animal cruelty. In a strange turn of events, the government actually scrutinized Ridgeland Farms for their treatment of their dogs, much unlike the Z versus Petaluma poultry case that we covered.

SPEAKER_00 12:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:32

And we'll talk about that, you know, later on in this episode. If you need to go back and listen to episode two, Right to Rescue, because I think a lot of this situation has to do with speciesism. And we're definitely going to talk about that. We're going to pick it apart, right?

SPEAKER_00 12:50

But I'm giving you the basic like speciesism versus the birds versus the dogs.

SPEAKER_01 12:56

Yes. It's really coming into play here.

SPEAKER_00 12:59

Because a lot of people are more prone to be like, oh, it's a dog. Because a lot of people have dogs as pets.

SPEAKER_01 13:07

It's easier for us to sympathize and empathize. Yeah. So in October of 2025, the Ridgeland Farms veterinarian had their license suspended, and therefore the ability to practice revoked due to malpractice concerns. And we're going to cover these procedures that were performed shortly. But this began an all-out battle to see Ridgeland Farms facilities closed for good. Ridgeland Farms announced a plan to close and end their operations by June 2026 with advisory from the Dane County DA or District District Attorney's Office, right? However, we just learned in our episode on barabile farming the plan to close down operations does not mean the immediate cease of activities, right? Because it takes a long time to dismantle systematic oppression. When it has become a well-oiled machine, you can't just say stop all of this now and everything ends. Where do the dogs go? Who's gonna take care of them? I mean, that's upwards of thousands of beagles, you're gonna find out. It's it's crazy, okay? So with that, countless beagles still remain in the custody of Ridgeland Farms today, continuing to be bred and sold to their clients. These clients are medical facilities looking to experiment on beagles for medical trials, vintaction or dissection or trial of medical equipment, neurological devices, and other extremely invasive and cruel experiments. If you've never heard about the preference for utilizing beagles for medical experimentation, let me spell it out for you. Beagles are smaller dogs, usually averaging 20 to 30 pounds, and they're known as being the sweetheart dog. They blonde they blonde blonde beagles bond intensely to their caregivers.

SPEAKER_00 15:01

Something like that with the with the girls. She shells on the she. Hi, Shaila. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 15:08

Okay. Beagles bond intensely to their caregivers. They are very loyal and forgiving, and they're known to be one of the least aggressive dog species. Their willingness to undergo severe discomfort without lashing out makes them extremely favorable for toxicity tests and continued long-term lab research. They pose minimal risks to their handlers or the scientists performing these tests because the bite risk is so low. Eagles will suffer at the hands of scientists for years, never causing any harm to those who abuse them. And you look like you're gonna cry.

SPEAKER_00 15:45

I'm just blown away. Like this is just like I'm just like thinking of wishbone. Wishbone, yeah. And I'm just like, I love him. He was a Jack Russell Terrier, but he looks like a yeah, he looks like a beagle.

SPEAKER_01 15:58

And just in case you're wondering, I'm gonna pop some popular companies that are known to condone and regularly participate in medical or cosmetic testing on beagles. So boom, ha boom. Yep. Believe it. Householding chemical products. Almost all of S. C. Johnson's products are tested on Beagles. They're the makers of Raid, Winbeck's method, and Pledge, to name a few.

SPEAKER_00 16:21

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_01 16:22

Pet food brands like I'm Science Diet, Royal Canaan, Blue Buffalo, Pedigree, and Purina. This obviously, like you have to test pet food on pets, right?

SPEAKER_00 16:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 16:33

However, when you really get down to what are they using as preservatives? What are they using as dyes? What are all of those things being tested on a cellular level on animals before they make it into the food. So it's not like they're sitting there handing these beagles a bowl of science diet and saying, okay, eat up. I'm gonna see what your poop looks like at the end of the day. No.

SPEAKER_00 16:57

Yeah, we're gonna monitor.

SPEAKER_01 17:02

I mean, yeah, it's systematic, right? Okay. Let's try not to pretend, let's not be disillusioned here that it's simpler than that, right? So pharmaceutical and biotech companies Pfizer, Merck, Johnson and Johnson, Galaxo Smith Klein, Ellie Lilly, and AstraZeneca all test on beagles. And Estee Lauder, Clinique, Bobby Brown, Mac, Origins, and many brands that are selling in China are known to test on beagles.

SPEAKER_00 17:30

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 17:31

Because it has required mandatory animal testing. So these brands can definitely change. And if you're interested in putting out your imprint on the lives of animals stuck in the medical testing facility, I recommend an app called Cruelty Cutter to find out exactly what brands are considered safe that do not exploit dogs or animals of any shape or size. Or if you're old school and you like to read the back, just look for the approved leaping bunny logo.

SPEAKER_00 17:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 17:59

Just know that you want to look for the one that's approved, not the knockoffs that they give, because there are other bunny logos that aren't really cruelty-free. All right. So now let's look at what exactly happened on March 15th, 2026. On a chilly March day, 100 activists marched, marched and marched, onto the Ridgeland Farms facility grounds holding peace signs and white flowers. A symbol of solidarity and nonviolence. No acts of harm or hostility were intended. This was meant to show they were launching a peaceful act of rescue to remove the suffering dogs from the breeding facility. Obviously, not being granted access. Because, like, why would they, right?

SPEAKER_00 18:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:48

Activists had to forcefully enter the facility where they were met with thousands upon thousands of metal cages. These cages did not hold fluffy blankets or beds, but wire bottom crates so that feces and urine could run freely onto the floor. Thinking about bare bile right now.

SPEAKER_00 19:06

Yeah. Dogs, those poor little babies' feet.

SPEAKER_01 19:12

Dogs wagged their tails, desperately barking and yipping. They were happy to see the rescuers who all wore white PPE suits in order to protect themselves against the possibility of waste contamination due to the severity of the conditions they encountered at the breeding facility. Activists did not hide their faces, and they filmed the entire act of rescue from start to finish in hopes to utilize this in an effort to defend their actions to the public and court of law. It is not often you see anyone willing to film an act of rebellion start to finish, to show every single action they took, whether incriminating or not. But it shows through the act of their legal team just how sure and convicted these rescuers and advocates felt in knowing they were doing the right thing. Because if they they were doing something wrong, the robber is not out there filming themselves breaking into someone's home and stealing their TV.

SPEAKER_00 20:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 20:12

Because he knows it's wrong. Right? Yeah. They filmed everything themselves, multiple different angles, which is crazy. So ultimately, activists left with over 20 beagles from the facility before police responded to the scene and arrested multiple activists from the Ridgeland Farms property. Activists left peacefully in handcuffs, and many are still currently facing charges for their role that day.

SPEAKER_00 20:38

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 20:38

In a devastating and cruel decision by law enforcement in the days following the March 15th rescue, eight beeg bee gees, bugles. Bee gees. Bee Gees. Eight bee gees were illegally seized by the police and returned back to the cages slotted for vivisection. Imagine having the sweet taste of freedom for the first time being valued for your individual, your individuality, right? You are for once being showed that you matter instead of what your body can provide to the cruel medical experimentation system, and then only to have that sweet taste of freedom stripped away and returned right back to the very hell you were living only a few days prior.

SPEAKER_00 21:25

That's crazy. I couldn't, if I was that cop, I couldn't do it. I'd be like, you're gonna have to fire me.

SPEAKER_01 21:30

And to me, that's like the most soul-crushing realization because I don't really believe that animals are able to wish for death because I don't think they understand what lies ahead. However, in situations like this, the constant, never ending state of fear and misery just must be so dark and all consuming for these dogs. Like, I can't, I can't imagine. There's no enrichment. Like it just is not a thing. Like, how do you live like that? It's like the bears, man. Like it's no different than bare bile farming. So again, I want to ask a question. When a guilty party knows what they're doing is wrong and are aiming to close down their facility due to the conditions, the malpractice, and the abuse, at what point do we as activists have the right to rescue the animals from those conditions?

SPEAKER_00 22:22

It's just, it's dumb.

SPEAKER_01 22:23

It's just so we have all agreed it's wrong for this company to continue doing what they're doing, right? So why is it illegal to rescue the animals suffering there? The 100 volunteer individuals who rescued Beagles that day received accolades across the board. Big Hollywood names and movie stars touted their bravery and gave support for the rescue. Pictures and videos of adorable beagles getting their first taste of freedom, wagging their tails, and setting foot on grass and playing with toys touched the hearts of millions of Americans. And it even made national news. Donations poured in to care for the Beagles, now rescued and removed from a life of pain and suffering. And this case is obviously still unfolding, but many of the key players and activists from the March 15th rescue are asking the community to take the next step. There are still thousands of Beagles sitting at Ridgeland Farms at this current moment. Despite Ridgeland announcing that they plan to end their operations, they seem to be full steam ahead, trying to rake in the money while they still have time. And this disgusting display of power and dominance over sentient lives seems to be solely based in money and profit. No concern for the thousands upon thousands of lives that will never get the chance to see daylight, experience a warm bed, or the love of a caretaker, or even simply soft green grass. DXZ teams are mobilizing a plea for 2,000 or more activists willing to be trained by the DXZ professionals themselves in nonviolent and compassionate rescue methods. There is a very well thought-out plan in place to mobilize activists for another stage of rescue in April.

SPEAKER_00 24:13

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 24:14

And I'm not going to unfold every little plan in detail here on the podcast, but it's public. And I will funnel interested parties to the document. By way, Wayne Sheng, I'm hoping I'm saying his name right. I've heard many people pronounce it this way. So I hope I'm not doing you a disservice here, Wayne, who was jailed for the action taken to rescue Beacles on March 15th. In an interview with prosecutor Tim Grunke on March 20th, we are now finally hearing the DA side of the story. And supposedly, a Dane County judge said there is probable cause for criminal animal cruelty and appointed Grunke to investigate Ridgeland Farms. However, when questioned about this, Tim stated he's never visited Ridgeland Farms personally, and he did not witness firsthand the conditions of the facility. But he does state that due to the statute of limitations in his research of documents, not the actual facility, that no violations are prosecutable. But again, he never witnessed firsthand the conditions of Ridgeland Farms. He states that in the interview, plain as day, I've never been there. I've never set foot on the property. I've never been inside those barns. But looking at the documents, the documents are fake. However, he has stated saying that he could prosecute Ridgeland Farms for doing hairy eye or optical glandular removal surgery on dogs multiple times over the last decade without any veterinary oversight. There are multiple accounts of staff using scissors or a knife to crudely remove the eye gland from dogs without anesthesia or proper surgical procedures. What the heck? But instead of prosecuting, Grunky made a deal agreement with Ridgeland Farms to close down their breeding operations instead of prosecuting or seeking criminal charges. Rideland Farms' business model was not unusual. And I quote Tim Grunkey. Listening to this interview is pretty difficult coming from an ethical standpoint. And I have to agree with Tim that the loss, what the law says, you know, usually leads to many things not being considered illegal. However, continuing to operate on a legal standard is what is wrong with our communities as a whole, right? Because what is ethically and morally right is not what is always aligning with the law.

SPEAKER_00 26:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:55

We know animal abuse is bad. We shouldn't do it, right? Yes. However, what they are doing technically is in alignment with the law. Which is so yeah, he might not be able to prosecute anything. That doesn't mean that it's right.

SPEAKER_00 27:12

Yeah. Laws need to be changed.

SPEAKER_01 27:15

I did, however, confirm that the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, or DAT CP, DATCP, cited Ridgeland Farms with more than 300 violations in the last decade, including animal cruelty. And the Wisconsin Veterinary Examining Board suspended the license of Ridgeland Farms lead veterinarian because of these issues. So obviously there's issues. There's problems. So don't try to tell me that there's not.

SPEAKER_00 27:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:45

Right.

SPEAKER_00 27:46

What about those documents, huh?

SPEAKER_01 27:48

Yeah. Over a week ago, to this date, some activists were released from jail and are now speaking out about Ridgeland Farms. Activists claim that they acted in solidarity after multiple pleas to law enforcement to save the animals went unheard, and no action was ever taken by police or law enforcement. Activists state that on March 15th, they themselves advertised that they would be entering the facility and rescuing the dogs. Big ass flex, I'm telling you what.

SPEAKER_00 28:21

Yeah, and they're like, and we're gonna do it, and we're gonna do it, and we're gonna do it until something gets done about it.

SPEAKER_01 28:27

They also confirmed that DXE rescuers themselves called the police, asking for their cooperation in removing the dogs from the facility. And I want to challenge your thought process here. Is what they're doing truly criminal when they're fully standing behind the innocence and ethical righteousness of every act of this rescue start to finish. All 22 of the beagles that were removed on March 15th were carried out of the facility in the arms of advocates in broad daylight. For the first time ever, each individual dog out of those 22 were seen. They were seen for who they are and valued not just as a number, but as a sentient soul waiting for the chance to live a life flea, free, flea, free of fleas, hopefully, yeah, free of slavery. And when asked by a reporter, did you take something that did not belong to you? In reference to an activist removing a beagle from the facility that day, the activist said, and I quote, I believe they belong to themselves. They are sentient beings that don't belong to anyone. They're not a can of beans that can be stolen off the shelf.

SPEAKER_00 29:36

Damn. Straightforward there.

SPEAKER_01 29:40

Now, here's another question. No official criminal charges have yet been brought against the activists of Ridgeland Farms Rescue. And I'm seeing a lot of comments leaning towards empathy and support of the actual occurrence of the March 15th rescue. People are celebrating it. They love it, right? They're eating it up. However, when we look at the case of the DXC activist we call Z against the Petaluma Poultry Company, we see so much more harsh judgment, right? Comments like, it's just a chicken, or criticism on Z's behalf of stealing property. So, like, I really just want to dissect that for a moment. It's because it's cute little puppies. Because what Z did in California and what happened at Ridgeland Farms in Wisconsin is the same thing. It's the same thing.

SPEAKER_00 30:34

And Z like was what state is Ridgend Farm in Wisconsin. I wonder if it's like a state thing.

SPEAKER_01 30:42

Like I don't think so because California is so forward-thinking. They are, but do you remember me talking? But do you remember me talking about how I was hopeful? Yeah, because it was California. Because it was California and she still got raked over the cold.

SPEAKER_00 31:00

I know.

SPEAKER_01 31:00

And you know, we'll see how this is gonna unfold because obviously I don't know what's gonna happen to the activists that were arrested. Most of them are out now on bail. So they're not like free of any charges. Yeah, they're just home on bail. But you know, the only thing that we can do now is just to see how this unfolds, right?

SPEAKER_00 31:24

And then I wonder how many are gonna go back on bail and like well, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 31:31

That be such a so let's think about it, right? But round two wins, they have plans for round two, and I was reading it. And if I didn't have so many lives counting on me that need me every day, I would be there. But because I have a sanctuary, you have, I need to make sure that I am available to those who need me. Yeah, I don't have a like, I want to say I don't have a support system to like take care of them in my absence. I do, I have a very loving support system, but I don't think it's sustainable long term. And if I were to get put in jail, no nothing says I'm gonna be coming home quickly, right? Yeah. So that's crazy. So I'm gonna link two different interviews in the show notes that you guys will be able to watch from a news station in Wisconsin with both the prosecuting attorney, Tim, and one of the activists who was interviewed. And I want you to just see how differently they treat the DA when they're talking to him, versus how differently they treat the activist. Because everything is real professional and on the up and up, and like, we want to know your opinion and all of these things when they're talking to the prosecutor. But when they talk to the activist, like they're assholes to her. And I'm just like, you wanted her opinion, you invited her to come on here. Stay as unbiased as you were with that prosecutor, who is, in my opinion, an asshole. Yeah. That's crazy. It's I'm gonna make you watch it. It's it's only like 11 minutes long, but it's we'll watch it. It's crazy. In closing, it's difficult to face that this case is still currently unfolding, and we don't know what charges will come against the activists who bravely walked in alignment with their morals that day. Don't know what the future holds. And just like the DXC Petaluma poultry case, we will bring news of what happens to you in the future. So we'll keep you guys apprised of what's going on every step of the way. But one thing that I have discovered is that Ridgeland Farms has since retracted their statement to close their breeding facilities in 2026.

SPEAKER_00 34:00

They retracted it.

SPEAKER_01 34:01

As with many things, it's been difficult to verify the claims of what both DXE and the Dane County legal team has designated for the future of Ridgeland Farms. It sounds like the case is continuing to develop and a moracle standard. Oh my gosh. Moral and ethical standards are being breached across the board by Ridgeland's facilities. If you want to get active in April to help Beagles, you can find that information in our show notes. I'm going to link it for you guys. And we truly believe that the only thing you can do is live within your ethical and moral boundaries. And if that means you believe you have the right to rescue Beagles from a medical testing facility, I applaud you.

SPEAKER_00 34:47

Yeah, go do it. That I was not expecting that. I'm like, I gotta digest it. It's crazy.

SPEAKER_01 34:59

It's I'm I'm hoping that, you know, it's it's hard for me because it's like I'm hoping that they get out of it. And I'm hoping that the the beagles are rescued, but it's gonna piss me off that the same thing didn't happen for the chickens.

SPEAKER_00 35:17

Life is life. It doesn't matter.

SPEAKER_01 35:20

Yeah, it just is like I'm gonna be mad that they didn't do the same thing for the poultry.

SPEAKER_00 35:26

Well, maybe it will make what's happening in Wisconsin. Maybe that will like if they end well, maybe it will help her. Maybe because she can like resign what's it called where you ask for another well, she's out now.

SPEAKER_01 35:43

She's so she ended up having to serve house arrest. Okay. And they gave her a little bit of time serve.

SPEAKER_00 35:48

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_01 35:49

So she's out. Okay. Um, but she's doing good, but she she does have a record.

SPEAKER_00 35:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 35:54

And now she wants to get active in any other capacity. I mean, that's watch her show up for the I guess we'll see. That'd be so one of Did you watch that documentary, Chris Spiracy, that I did? Uh so one of the guys from Christ Spiracy was actually present at the Beagle Rescue. Oh wow. Cam.

SPEAKER_00 36:12

So cool.

SPEAKER_01 36:13

You need to get up with the terms, bro.

SPEAKER_00 36:15

I know. I'm so like in my bubble.

SPEAKER_01 36:18

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SPEAKER_00 36:51

Yeah. You can slap it on your car, you can slap it on your water bottle.

SPEAKER_01 36:55

You can slap it on your mama.

SPEAKER_00 36:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 36:57

And it'll be great. Because we really just want to bring you all together to rescue animals. I'm going to slurp my water.