Ridglan Farms, the notorious beagle-breeding facility in Wisconsin raided twice by activists this year, is officially shutting down. The pressure on them has been intense because the case has attracted quite a sizeable national attention: Glenn Greenwald, Jennifer Welch (I’ve Had It podcast), Lara Trump and Robert F. Kennedy have all commented on Ridglan decrying the horrors there. Lewis Bollard tweeted this out recently: https://x.com/Lewis_Bollard/status/2066542219134452209
Figured I’d share this since some EAs (including myself) were involved in the campaign to get it shut down. A big part of our theory of change was to get this kind of attention. The real question is how to extend to animals more broadly than just dogs, of course, but even this counts as a big win.
Ridglan Farms bred dogs for biomedical research. The FDA requires the safety of most new drugs to be proven in non-rodent animals before the drug can go into humans in a clinical trial. That is typically dogs or monkeys.
Ridglan Farms, the notorious beagle-breeding facility in Wisconsin raided twice by activists this year, is officially shutting down. The pressure on them has been intense because the case has attracted quite a sizeable national attention: Glenn Greenwald, Jennifer Welch (I’ve Had It podcast), Lara Trump and Robert F. Kennedy have all commented on Ridglan decrying the horrors there. Lewis Bollard tweeted this out recently: https://x.com/Lewis_Bollard/status/2066542219134452209
Figured I’d share this since some EAs (including myself) were involved in the campaign to get it shut down. A big part of our theory of change was to get this kind of attention. The real question is how to extend to animals more broadly than just dogs, of course, but even this counts as a big win.
Factory farming of animals is an unnecessary evil. But nobody panics.
Biomedical research on animals is a necessary evil. But everyone loses their minds!
I’m out of the loop, was Ridglan Farms doing scientific research? Or just breeding beagles to sell as pets?
Ridglan Farms bred dogs for biomedical research. The FDA requires the safety of most new drugs to be proven in non-rodent animals before the drug can go into humans in a clinical trial. That is typically dogs or monkeys.
Many congrats on the success! That seems fantastic.