BREAKING: Ridglan Is Closing. The Dogs Will Be Freed.
I just sent this note to our entire network of rescuers.
Ridglan Farms is shutting down, and all the dogs should soon be freed!
I want to thank each and every one of you for your incredible efforts on behalf of these dogs, along with the coalition partners who stepped up. So many dogs are safe because of you.
As recently as late March, this outcome did not seem likely. After the March open rescue, Ridglan’s attorney was still publicly saying the company was merely “reorganizing” and would continue experimenting on dogs, despite the mountain of animal cruelty evidence and the public horror over the abuse of dogs. What changed was the courage, persistence, and compassion you showed the world on April 18. You brought light to a dark and violent place, and the cruelty could no longer hide.
But this fight isn’t over. We are at the strongest point we’ve ever been, and the Coalition organizing committee has a plan to keep building toward the end of all dog experiments by the end of 2026. The upcoming election will be a key opportunity to push decision-makers to do what they should have done long ago: save the dogs.
And to make this fight a national issue, our movement will have to be the change we want to see in the world. We have to show the authorities, once again, that if they don’t rescue the dogs, we will. Stay tuned for more on that.
For now: thank you. This has been a 10+ year struggle. Every hour, every arrest, every sacrifice has been worth it. Thousands of Ridglan dogs once destined for death in laboratory cages are now getting hugs and walks and the thing that every dog wants more than anything: love. They won’t die on a vivisector’s table. They’ll grow old with their families. ❤️
And we’re just getting started. Soon, we’ll get every single dog out of a lab cage and into the happy home that every dog — every animal — deserves.
So many said it could never happen. We proved them wrong.
I’ll have much more to say—including a plan for next steps—in the next 24 hours.
We did it. ALL of us.
So much love to Wayne, and everyone who has risked and sacrificed for years to make this happen.
And to everyone who recently joined to blast this news into the mainstream and ensure that all the dogs got out. We did it.
Thank you everyone!!!!!
LET'S GO!!!!!!!
Beware, America!
We comin' for ALL the abused dogs next! And all the pigs and cows too. I see you, chickens.
CONGRATS Wayne et. al., a watershed moment!!!!