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About the coalition

How we got here.

This campaign did not start in 2026. It started in 2017, when three rescuers walked into a Wisconsin facility in broad daylight and carried three beagles into freedom. Everything that has happened since — the prosecution, the silence, the dropped charges, the special prosecutor, the surrendered license, the rescues, the riot police — flows from what was found on that day, and from a coalition of ordinary people who refused to look away.

The coalition

Who We Are

These are the organizations that built the campaign that brought the case this far. Each works on a different piece of the same problem.

Dane4Dogs

A Wisconsin 501(c)(3) that has worked for years to end the breeding, sale, and use of dogs and cats for laboratory experimentation. Helped pass six municipal ordinances banning the practice across the state.

dane4dogs.org

The Marty Project

A nonprofit advancing public policy that replaces dogs in product-safety testing with evidence-based scientific alternatives.

themartyproject.org

Direct Action Everywhere (DxE)

The grassroots network that brought open rescue to Wisconsin in 2017. Eva Hamer, Paul Picklesimer, and Wayne Hsiung were DxE investigators when they carried out Julie, Anna, and Lucy.

directactioneverywhere.com

The Simple Heart Initiative

Wayne Hsiung’s organization, focused on the legal and moral case for the right to rescue. Publishes the public-facing record of the campaign.

simpleheart.org

Rise for Animals

Investigative nonprofit that has obtained and published records central to the Ridglan case: buyers, federal citations, and the regulatory paper trail.

riseforanimals.org

Alliance for Animals

A Wisconsin 501(c)(3) whose president signed the February 2026 open letter to the District Attorney alongside 100+ other organizations.

allanimals.org

PETA

PETA’s Laboratory Oversight & Special Cases division has put Ridglan into the national conversation around animal experimentation.

peta.org

Beagle Lovers & Rescuers

On a mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome beagles used in laboratory testing.

beagleloversandrescuers.org

Big Dog Ranch Rescue

A no-kill dog rescue based in Florida, and the organization taking custody of the Ridglan beagles. Transfers begin May 1, 2026.

bdrr.org

Center for a Humane Economy

Works on animal welfare in corporate supply chains and the use of animals in industry. One of the organizations behind the agreement with Ridglan Farms.

centerforahumaneeconomy.org