"The U.S. Government is the single largest funder of animal testing in the world," Goodman said. When Laurie Simmons announced a deal to free 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, west of Madison, the founder of Big Dog Ranch Rescue gave President Trump's health secretary a verbal pat on the back.

A Wisconsin animal laboratory testing facility has been shut down – with at least a little help from Rep. Nick Langworthy. Langworthy sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya urging immediate action to end National Institutes of Health funding for research involving dogs sourced from Ridglan Farms as well as

Over the past few months, animal activists have repeatedly broken into a Wisconsin dog breeding farm and testing facility. The story has gone viral for not just the video footage from the break-ins, but also because of conversations about animal testing in the state.

Have you been seeing videos of beagles all over your social media feed? Are they adorable and curious, running around on grass for the first time? These dogs are among the 1,500 that were freed from an animal testing research facility in Wisconsin last month.

96% of dogs used in medical testing are Beagles like these.

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Animal welfare groups announced an agreement to buy 1,500 beagles from Ridglan farms, rehabilitate them an find them homes

Some of the 1,500 rescued beagles from a controversial Wisconsin facility are now in Western New York, drawing new attention to how they were treated.