The Center for a Humane Economy and Big Dog Ranch Rescue have formed an agreement with Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin-based breeder of dogs for laboratory research, to acquire 1,500 beagles […]

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

Last month, animal rights activists tried to steal some of the dogs from the Wisconsin facility, Ridglan Farms, but were thwarted by tear gas and rubber bullets.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A national group that rescues and finds homes for animals from research facilities is in the process of doing their first-ever rescue in Florida. The Beagle Freedom Project is working to take over the care of a group of beagles and hound ...

The Beagle Freedom Project is transforming a 30-acre property in Oklahoma that used to be an animal testing facility into Freedom Fields Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...

Two animal rescue groups recently began relocating hundreds of beagles from a Wisconsin breeding and research facility. The dogs seemed to know right away that they were safe. "They started within an hour or so coming up to us,

Beagle Freedom Project, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, has shut down a massive testing laboratory in Nowata, Okla., and decades of cruel experimentation on thousands of dogs and cats for purpose breeding. BFP rescued 200 dogs, cats and ...

The reason why labs use Beagles is the same reason so many people love them: they are even-tempered, docile dogs. These scent hounds were originally bred to work alongside humans while hunting for rabbits and wild game, and decades of selective breeding have created gentle, easygoing companions.

Some of the 1,500 beagles released from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin facility that breeds dogs for animal testing, will soon arrive at Minnesota rescues as they get a second chance at life.