URGENT: Help Us Save the #Ridglan8

Plus, more rescue stories from team leads Dean and Aidan.

Folks, I will have much more to say about the Ridglan rescue, as I am scrambling to catch up after being released from jail. But right now, I need your help urgently. This terrified puppy was dragged from the back of a rescue van by police and brought back to Ridglan Farms, despite a judicial order proving she was a victim of criminal abuse. At any moment, she could face torture or death in an illegal experiment or surgical procedure.

The police actions were not just wrong. They were illegal. Even if she was “property” in a “theft,” she should not have been sent back to her abusers without a court order, as police are required to preserve “evidence of a crime.” We have some of the nation’s leading lawyers and law professors on our side, but without public pressure, that will not be enough.

We need everyone (including you!) to contact the Dane County DA and Sheriff—and post on social media—that she and the rest of the #Ridglan8 must be returned to the rescuers or an appropriate humane society. (Feel free to use the above image in your own post.)

In your post, email, or phone call, you can simply say:

“Dogs facing criminal abuse at Ridglan Farms were illegally seized by police from rescuers and returned to their abusers. Do the right thing and rescue the dogs!”

Dane County District Attorney
Ismael Ozanne
(608) 266-4211
ismael.ozanne@da.wi.gov
danecoda@da.wi.gov

Dane County Sheriff
Kalvin Barrett
(608) 284- 6800 (Press 8 for complaints)
barrett@danesheriff.com

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After you post and contact the authorities, make sure to check out my co-defendant Dean’s remarkable story about his experience as a team lead on this rescue effort.

You should also read Aidan’s brilliant analysis of the role of open rescue in campaigns. (Aidan also led a team at Sunday’s rescue.)