US EditionHundreds trying to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility met with rubber bullets and pepper spray
Police used tear gas and pepper spray as about 1,000 activists tried to breach the beagle facility, and at least 26 were arrested.
- On Saturday, hundreds of animal activists attempted to storm Ridglan Farms beagle-breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, fast-tracking a raid originally planned for Sunday; an activist rammed a pickup truck through the front gate at about 10 a.m., nearly hitting police before arrest.
- Ridglan Farms has operated for nearly 60 years breeding thousands of beagles for laboratory sale; last year, a special prosecutor found the facility violated veterinary standards after dogs underwent eye operations without general anesthesia, prompting the agreement to surrender its state breeding license by July 1.
- Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett reported between 300 and 400 protesters were 'violently trying to break into the property' and attempting to 'assault' officers; police deployed tear gas and pepper spray against the crowd of about 1,000 protesters, making a significant number of arrests.
- No dogs were removed from the facility by 2 p.m. on April 18; at least a dozen activists, including Organizer Wayne Hsiung, were arrested, and activists later protested outside the downtown Madison jail, with one describing the operation as 'intensely dramatic and traumatic.'
- Matt Johnson, spokesperson for the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Dogs, said anonymous donors offered $1 million to purchase all 2,000 dogs; this was the second attempt in as many months, with 70 criminal charges referred for 63 people from the March break-in.
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Animal welfare protesters clash with police at Wisconsin beagle...
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader. It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Madison.…
Hundreds of Activists Clash With Police While Attempting to Storm Wisconsin Beagle Research Facility; 25 Arrested
MADISON, Wis.—Around 25 protesters were arrested as around 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin and were met by officers firing pepper spray and rubber bullets, authorities said Sunday. Saturday’s protest was the second attempt in as many months by demonstrators to take beagles from Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, about 25 miles southwest of the capital, Madison. They were turne…
Hundreds Of Animal Rights Activists Targeting Thousands Of Beagles Held In Research Center Beaten Back By Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at 1,000 animal rights activists who tried to storm Wisconsin beagle research facility. The leader was arrested.
Activists Try to Remove 2,000 Beagles from WI Research Facility
Hundreds of animal welfare activists tried to free thousands of Beagles from a breeding research facility in Dane County, Wisconsin, on Saturday but many of the protesters ended up being arrested and tear gassed. The post WATCH: Activists Try to Remove 2,000 Beagles from Wisconsin Research Facility appeared first on Breitbart.
About 1,000 animal welfare activists tried to storm a beagle research facility protected by a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence
Protesters were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader.
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