[Speaker 15]

Marshalls kill puppies for profit. Puppies suffer in F.E.R. profits. F.E.R. puppies die, and the company profits. Marshalls kill puppies. Marshalls kill puppies. Marshalls kill puppies.

 

[Speaker 10]

Pet owners in America is the largest coalition that there is. And that we’re not going to stand for just us hiding behind the fact that the laws aren’t on our side. We need new laws.

 

We need new laws that are going to stop this barbaric practice once and for all.

 

[Speaker 1]

We need new laws that are going to stop this barbaric practice once and for all.

 

[Speaker 4]

We need new laws that are going to stop this barbaric practice once and for all. We’ve got, look who we’ve got here. Who’s this?

 

Sir Ethan. Sir Ethan. This is Sir Ethan from Envigo Labs Rescued.

 

Now you’re with your forever home, right? How’s it going? We’re live in New York City in Union Square.

 

We’re getting ready for a rally to call for an end to animal testing and for a release of all of the beagles. So everybody’s just gathering here. We’re getting set up.

 

We have Rachel the organizer here. And we have another rescue doggy here. Who’s this?

 

This is Clover.

 

[Speaker 6]

Where are you from? Clover is available for adoption from Puppy Kitty New York City. She’s about three.

 

She’s a dog. She likes everybody except cats. She does not like cats.

 

No cats. And she loves toys. She loves kids.

 

She loves other dogs.

 

[Speaker 4]

She’s a dog. Awesome. Okay.

 

So we’re going to come back in a few minutes when we are ready to set up for all the speakers and all the excitement here. Let’s see that poster. Yes.

 

Here we go. Are we going to introduce them? Yep.

 

[Speaker 1]

All right. Incredible. Thank you so much.

 

Thank you. Thank you. And we’re going to go back to our other team here and talk a little bit about some of the breaking news that has been happening.

 

Really incredible news. Jamie Sessone, you were at a rally against beagle experimentation in New York State. And there was some breaking news announced by a congressman who sounds like an animal rights activist.

 

Absolutely extraordinary. But let’s hear the breaking news about the dogs who remain at Wisconsin’s Ridgeland Farms. Now, just a little background here for those who don’t know, because it is a very fast unfolding breaking news story.

 

Beagles at Ridgeland Farm have been the centerpiece of a saga that has been going on actually for years. But most recently, there were rescues of about two dozen beagles. And those rescues happened at Ridgeland Farms led by the famed animal activist Wayne Shung.

 

And approximately two dozen beagles were rescued and taken out. This is called an open rescue where animal activists go in and they videotape themselves and broadcast their own rescue. And so the authorities called this stealing.

 

There’s a whole bunch of legal issues that emanated from that. But the fact is that approximately two dozen dogs were removed to homes. Then what happened was that there was another attempted rescue.

 

And that one did not go as well, even though there were so many more people involved. That was a rescue that resulted in a lot of drama and actually injuries as well. So I’m going to show you a little bit of that.

 

Okay, so as you can see, that second mass beagle rescue failed. But then there was a positive development. Mainstream organizations like the Center for Humane Economy, which is more along the lines of an HSUS Humane Society than a more, let’s say, open rescue style organization got involved.

 

And the bottom line was that 1,500 beagles were purchased and freed. So what remains are, I believe, approximately 600, according to some reports, beagles.

 

[Speaker 12]

Okay, so let’s take a look at this.

 

[Speaker 10]

150 more coming out of Ridgeland on Monday.

 

[Speaker 12]

Well, how about that? That would be called late breaking news, right? Hot off the press.

 

I love it.

 

[Speaker 1]

Wow, how incredible this breaking news. 150 beagles coming out. You brought us that news, Jamie.

 

Tell us the scene there at this protest against the New York State based beagle breeding facility, Marshall Bio Resources, which is huge, an estimated 20,000 beagles at least there.

 

[Speaker 8]

Yes, thank you, Jane. Yeah, so I was at Marshall Bio Resources yesterday for a protest organized by Beagle Lovers and Rescuers Inc. They’ve been organizing protests there for years, and I think we’re super happy now to see more media coverage and light being shined on this and a congressman actually coming out to speak on behalf of the dogs at Marshall.

 

So yesterday when I was there, there were over 100 protesters, several of them had been there since Thursday the 28th all day from 9am to 5pm protesting. So total over the three days, there’s an estimate of around 180 protesters there. And this includes speakers like Congressman Langworthy, as well as local rescue organizers.

 

Against All Odds Animal Alliance is a local rescue organization that has had a huge part in this. They were at Ridgeland in April ready to take some of the dogs and unfortunately had to leave empty handed. But when the 1500 were finally released, they did take eight of them that they have been caring for now at their rescue here in upstate New York.

 

So they were there yesterday. They organized this great lineup of speakers, including connecting us with Congressman Langworthy.

 

[Speaker 1]

It’s absolutely extraordinary to listen to a U.S. congressman talk like an animal rights activist. I’m going to play a clip of some of the things he said and then talk to Lindsay Baker, our co-host, on the other side. Listen to this.

 

[Speaker 10]

Those people inside of Marshall, they’re hearing them too here today. And you’re hearing them every day from this day forward. They know they have a problem on their hands.

 

And, you know, like I said, I paid a visit here. We pulled in within one minute of our arrival and we pulled over there and tried to kind of peek around the corner. There’s a big gate.

 

They had security out here so fast they didn’t know what was coming. It was made very clear that we weren’t welcome. We had no appointment and we could go buzz off.

 

They don’t want anyone to see what’s going on behind those gates and in those buildings. But as y’all drove up here and you saw the map on your car, you see the enormity of this site, the amount of buildings there. I mean, it is it’s just it’s mind boggling that this many animals can be held under one roof in this state.

 

[Speaker 1]

So what we’re seeing is the Beagle testing battle has moved from Ridgeland in Wisconsin to this massive New York State facility called Marshall Bio Resources. Lindsay, do you see this as a breakthrough moment for the animal rights movement where you have, you know, a Republican congressman joining forces with people who engage in open rescue? Essentially to say this industry has to end.

 

[Speaker 9]

Well, yes, and I think it is a trend as well because we see, you know, other politicians. And again, we’re a nonpartisan streaming network. But Spencer Pratt sticking up for the dogs on Skid Row and others.

 

Cory Booker is a vegan. So I think people, politicians, I should say, are starting to realize that people care about animals, particularly pets. And as you say, Jane, pets are the gateway drug to animal rights because people start to see animals as they really are living, breathing, sentient beings that have the right to life and pursuit of happiness.

 

So, yes, I do think it’s monumental. I think it’s a big deal and it’s a positive step. But it means we just have to push harder, I think, too.

 

We have to keep pushing.

 

[Speaker 1]

But it is. Yeah, it’s an opening. And what we’re seeing is a seismic shift.

 

As you said, Lindsay, dogs and cats and sometimes horses are the gateway drug to animal rights in general. And when we talk about animal rights, we talk about pigs and cows and chickens and turkeys and goats and lambs and lizards and all sorts of animals. But those people in America who have pets are a huge demographic.

 

They are a huge voting bloc. And what we’re seeing here, which is so revolutionary and game-changing, is that people, Republicans, Democrats, young, old, Black, white, Latino, Asian, North, South, East, West are coming together, Jamie, to say we do not want to have beagles or any dogs experimented on. It’s a great start.

 

What are your thoughts on the implications for the bigger animal rights movement, Jamie?

 

[Speaker 8]

Yeah, I think it’s interesting with Marshall Bioresources because not only do they have the estimated roughly 20,000 beagles there, they have an estimated potentially up to around 60,000 animals total. That includes cats, ferrets, mini pigs. So the people at Marshall were standing up for all of them and wanting all of these animals to be released.

 

And I think that we’ve seen a lot of people come into this fight to stand for the dogs. And they end up getting pulled over to this larger animal rights fight that maybe they weren’t aware of or as involved in before as they sort of make the connection between these animals they consider pets and these other animals who are just as capable of feeling and loving and just as deserving of their right to their bodily autonomy.

 

[Speaker 1]

And if you’re just joining us, we are literally typing out the breaking news as it’s coming in. 140 more dogs are going to be released from Bridgeland on Monday, according to a U.S. congressman. This is fantastic breaking news, and it really symbolizes just a breakthrough in the entire animal rights movement because one of the big tenets of animal rights is animals are not ours to experiment on.

 

And so it starts with beagles, but it can spread to other animals. And what we’re seeing is this protest against animal experimentation is going nationwide. We are getting ready to join a protest and speeches in New York, Union Square, 14th Street, the heart of Manhattan.

 

It is getting ready to go underway right now. We’re going to bring it to you in a second. In fact, we’re going to bring it to you right now.

 

Take it away, Adina Byrdgrad, for what’s happening in New York. We are live in New York City with the rescued beagles.

 

[Speaker 5]

This is Chloe Clover.

 

[Speaker 4]

She’s available from Puppy Kitty, New York City.

 

[Speaker 16]

No, no, no.

 

[Speaker 4]

So this is one of the rescued beagles who is up for adoption. And we are here with a big crowd in the middle of Union Square. And we’re about to start.

 

This is super exciting. These doggies are getting so much attention in New York City. Right?

 

And who are you? I’m Carol.

 

[Speaker 6]

I was at Ridgeland. I adopted beagles from the first Mass Rescue Corps of People.

 

[Speaker 1]

I want to say whoever is holding the camera, steady it up.

 

[Speaker 4]

Yes. All right. We’re about to start.

 

We’re going to flip the camera around and get started with our speakers. All right.

 

[Speaker 1]

Absolutely incredible. Great job, everybody. This is very exciting.

 

You are watching live as a rally to end dog experimentation gets underway in New York City. And what’s really incredible about this, it’s a coast-to-coast explosion of animal rights. A coast-to-coast explosion of animal rights spearheaded by the battle to end beagle experimentation.

 

So you’re seeing people gathered here to end beagle experimentation. But where does that take us in terms of animal rights in general? It can take us who knows where.

 

Far, far greater issues. And obviously we want to get all those dogs out. You see right there it says over 600 dogs still in cages at Ridgeland Farms.

 

Well, if you’re just joining us, I can tell you that we’ve got breaking news to bring you. And I’ll play it one more time. It’s not 600 dogs.

 

[Speaker 12]

In terms of Ridgeland, that was the start of change. That was the start of turnover. There’s still 650 at Ridgeland.

 

And I think our next, they’re on a limited timeline. Right. We all know Ridgeland’s shutting down.

 

We got to do something about those 650. 150 more coming out of Ridgeland on Monday. Well, how about that?

 

That would be called late breaking news, right? Hot off the press. I love it.

 

[Speaker 1]

And we have a rally going on in New York City.

 

[Speaker 16]

Right there.

 

[Speaker 2]

All right. We’re here. Here we go.

 

Go. Hello. I’m saying TV.

 

How are you doing today? We have amazing guest speakers today. We have survivors.

 

We have people that have been rallying for these Beagles since day one. Some even from two years ago. So today I’m not going to give a long speech because we want to get this started.

 

And again, thank you, Jane, for having us. Thank you on Jane TV for offering to cover the rallies. Really, really happy.

 

I was one of the animal rights activists at Ridgeland Farms on April 18th. And all I can tell you is that the passion and dedication of these animal rights activists fighting for these Beagles doesn’t compare. It doesn’t compare.

 

And I’ve been an activist for over two decades. Today we’re going to be asking for action items. People to sign signatures.

 

We’re going to outreach the public. There’s plenty of people across the street at Union Square. And we’re going to also ask for signatures.

 

And also to sign up and find out how they can help, even if they’re not here, in the comfort of their own homes. We want to stop Ridgeland Farms from selling the rest of the Beagles that are still languishing in those cages. There’s about 600.

 

Some have been already sold under contract. We have evidence of that. And also, we want the public and the politicians to really hear us today and take action.

 

All across America, this has to end. The suffering of these Beagles has to end. So with no further ado, I’m going to introduce our first guest speaker.

 

Carol Vinzant and Clover Marshall from Marshall Bioresources. Clover was born in 2023 at Marshall Bioresources. She was used as a lab experiment, then trained vet techs.

 

She enjoys carrying stuffed animals around the house and greeting the school bus. Carol Vinzant is known as the Beagle Lady of Sleepy Hollow, where she lives with her husband, daughter, and two hounds. She has fostered over 70 hounds, including about 20 former research lab Beagles.

 

Before that, she worked as a journalist for Fortune and Rutters. So let’s please, a round of applause and welcome Carol and Clover. Just speak loudly.

 

[Speaker 6]

Hi there. I’m Carol Vinzant. I first became involved in research lab Beagles and their cause in 2010 when my husband and I saw a story in the New York Times about a lab in Coral Peak, North Carolina, getting shut down.

 

PETA had done an undercover video and found the workers slamming around the dogs, hosing them. People were outraged. And very quickly, the local prosecutors shut down the lab.

 

And then all of a sudden, there were 200 Beagles up for adoption. And rescues up and down the East Coast jumped in. They had 14 hours.

 

There was Associated Humane in New Jersey sent down a horse trailer filled with dog crates, brought up 35 dogs. And we, my husband David and I, adopted the last two. We lived over on Fifth Street at the time.

 

The female was so scared, she would barely walk down the block. She would just lie down. And eventually, though, we got her over to Tompkins Square Dog Run.

 

And she was so excited by the other dogs. She jumped on the picnic table and started humping the biggest pit bull she could find. And so we named her Moxie.

 

The boy would walk just so happy to see everyone and everything. He would eat gum off the street. He would eat pumpkins off stoops.

 

And we named him Huckleberry. And we, I didn’t realize that he was, that these guys were from Bridgeland until the second mass Beagle release, which was in 2022 in Vigo. And out of that came Michael Taylor, data analyst.

 

He cracked the ear tattoo code. And that gave us lots of information. Called me up out of nowhere.

 

In Vigo also followed the pattern. PETA undercover video. Investigation.

 

Lab closes down. Dog gets free. But it was heartbreaking to find that Moxie and Huckleberry were from Bridgeland.

 

Because then I could see all the research that DXE had done. And it was a far worse place than Coral Peak. They were doing a lot of the things that Vigo did.

 

What all the corporate labs do. Which was a system of, they just kill off the dogs that are inconvenient. And they keep them on wire floors.

 

They do a lot of medical procedures without a vet. And without anesthesia. And without pain medication.

 

Moxie had never barked. And it turns out, sorry, she had, Moxie was probably one of the victims of their vocal cord cutting. So that’s why I joined in at Bridgeland.

 

Each of these mass releases build on each other. They take people from around the country. And we kind of become like the Cajun Navy of dog rescue.

 

That we just take whatever you have, show up, and hope to bring out the animals in trouble. Because the government cannot or will not take them. So next stop, Marshall, where this little girl was from.

 

This is Clover. Available from Puppy Kitty, New York City. And we invite everyone to join in these rescues.

 

You don’t need to be anything special. We’re all just regular people.

 

[Speaker 4]

And we need some help. I want to know, where can people adopt this beautiful dog? She is up for adoption.

 

Turn it off. Turn that off right now. So this beauty is up for adoption.

 

Oh my god. Uh oh, she’s, we have a little escape. That’s alright.

 

She ran, she jumped into the woods there. That’s okay. Alright.

 

So she’s up for adoption. So let’s see where people can adopt her. She is available through Puppy Kitty, New York City.

 

Puppy Kitty, New York City. And where are they located?

 

[Speaker 6]

They’re located in Queens.

 

[Speaker 4]

In Queens? So you can go to, if anyone wants to adopt her, you can go to Puppy Kitty City on their website, on their social media. She is ready for adoption, right?

 

Yes. Yes, you are. You’re ready.

 

Okay. Alright. Thank you.

 

So who is next? Yes. So we have a big crowd here in Union Square.

 

So Rachel is going to keep things going with this exciting rally. Let me get close. We’re going to bypass the bullhorn right now.

 

[Speaker 2]

We don’t want to scare them. We don’t want to scare the dogs, right? So my next guest, Shaili Ramirez and Sir Ethan.

 

Sir Ethan was rescued from In Vigo, like we just heard. So Shaili Ramirez is the founder of Sanctum Paws and Fangs, an advocacy platform dedicated to humane science, ethical pet care, rescue education, and ending the use of dogs in laboratory research through public advocacy, educational campaigns, and storytelling. She works to amplify the voices of animals too often unseen.

 

Together, they advocate for a future where every dog is treated with dignity, compassion, and freedom. Let’s welcome Shaili and Sir Ethan.

 

[Speaker 4]

This is Shaili. Sir Ethan doesn’t want to be held, so I’m going to lower the camera a little so we can get him on there. And you’re going to sit.

 

So let’s see.

 

[Speaker 6]

No problem.

 

[Speaker 4]

Yeah, here we go. Let’s welcome Shaili.

 

[Speaker 7]

Okay, good afternoon, everyone. First, I want to thank every single person standing here today. Thank you to the organizers, the rescues, the advocates, the fosters, and the people who refused to look away when all these dogs needed us the most.

 

My name is Shaili Ramirez, and this is Sir Ethan. Before Ethan was Ethan, he was just a number. His tattoo is C-M-I-C-U-S.

 

That was one of the first things I learned about him when he was abandoned for the second time.

 

[Speaker 1]

Well, I’m sure here she’s back. Okay. All right, we’re having a little trouble hearing.

 

Technical difficulties. We’ll get right back at it. But if you go out and in, I’m going to kick them out.

 

Now you get to see what happens behind the scene. I’m going to kick them out. When they rejoin, it probably works.

 

No, the audio is not working. So I’m going to remove them one more time, and we’re going to continue discussing some of the major developments while we get that sorted out and we figure it out. Now remember, Ridgeland Farms, this is Dane County, Wisconsin, was the center of the drama as rescuers went in, took some beagles out, and were arrested and jailed.

 

You see there’s the former Baywatch star and Wayne Shung. These two are some of the leaders in what’s called the Open Rescue Movement, where people do not hide their face. They just rescue animals.

 

They broadcast it. Come what may, they’re often arrested.

 

[Speaker 14]

Open Rescue is going into facilities where there’s animal abuse and documenting that animal abuse and rescuing the animals who need medical care. And that’s the rescue part. And then the open part is that we don’t cover our faces.

 

We are completely transparent about what we’re doing because that’s an important ethic to us and because the companies that we’re investigating are not transparent, and also because we believe that what we’re doing is legal and right.

 

[Speaker 1]

All right, so you see that that is the philosophy behind Open Rescue, and people risk literally going to jail. We’re going to go back and see. Is there any sound?

 

Let’s see. Nope, no sound. So we’re going to get rid of that and just tell them that.

 

Kick them from the stage. A lot of times you kick them from the studio, and then when they come back, the sound is back. But the big news is that this battle has moved from Wisconsin, where Ridgeland is, to New York, where Marshall BioResources lives and where there are more than 20,000 beagles.

 

And let’s listen to what the New York State congressman who spoke at a rally yesterday had to say. He sounds like an animal rights activist, and he is, apparently.

 

[Speaker 10]

Those people inside of Marshall, they’re hearing them too here today. And they’re hearing them every day from this day forward. They know they have a problem on their hands.

 

And, you know, like I said, I paid a visit here. We pulled in within one minute of our arrival, and we pulled over there and tried to kind of peek around the corner. There’s a big gate.

 

They had security out here so fast, they didn’t know what was coming. It was made very clear that we weren’t welcome, we had no appointment, and we could go buzz off. And they don’t want anyone to see what’s going on behind those gates and in those buildings.

 

But as y’all drove up here and you saw the map on your car, you see the enormity of this site, the amount of buildings there. I mean, it is, it’s just, it’s mind-boggling that this many animals can be held under one roof in this state.

 

[Speaker 1]

So, that is extraordinary. You were there. What was your reaction, Jamie, to the fact that this is a New York State congressman talking like this?

 

[Speaker 8]

It’s incredible, Jane. And as I mentioned, Beagle Lovers and Rescuers, Inc. is an organization that’s been a strong force behind the fight against Marshalls for years now, organizing protests like this.

 

And I think this is the largest turnout they’ve seen yet. And to have a congressman come out and state his support and be so vocal about it in the past month, going to visit some of the rescued Ridgeland Beagles at a local rescue organization, Against All Odds Animal Alliance, it’s really great to see and it feels like the tides are turning.

 

[Speaker 1]

All right. He said other things. It wasn’t just what you heard.

 

Let’s play another clip of him talking about the fact that this has become a global movement and first it’s in beagle testing, then it expands to end all dog testing, then it expands to ending all animal experimentation, and then it expands to let’s help other animals, like animals, the 90 billion animals trapped in the factory farming system, industrialized animal agriculture, 90 billion. I mean, the number of animals being experimented on is huge, but it’s dwarfed by the number of animals that are suffering in factory farms. Let’s listen to what he had to say about the beagles.

 

[Speaker 10]

There’s someone in the crowd here from England. Someone from Washington State. I mean, since I have joined this fight, I have heard from people that have contacted my office from all 50 states, because this is not just a local matter, although it’s disgusting that this is a local matter, that this is going on right here in New York State.

 

I had a long conversation this week with the USDA, and talking about a lot of policy matters, talking about legislation that we’re working on, talking about what their criteria and what they’re allowed to do under the law with inspections, and they are woefully behind, because the laws on a site like this, they date back to the 60s. These animal testing regulations are far too old. They need to be modernized.

 

They need to be improved.

 

[Speaker 1]

So I think that’s a very interesting point, is that you hear a member of Congress who usually defends the status quo saying, hey, all of these laws are basically out of date, Lindsay.

 

[Speaker 9]

They are so out of date, and what happens is not only do animals suffer horrifically, humans suffer because they don’t get the right treatments, because we found, and it’s documented over and over, somewhere between 90% of the drugs and other medications tested on animals fail on humans. They’re not transferable, and now it’s starting to be recognized. We have so many alternatives.

 

Organoids, we have organs on a chip, human tissue models, advanced cell cultures. Of course, I’m reading off my list, because I just looked this up. AI and human-relevant disease modeling, just to name what’s happening now, it continues to advance, and we need to get up to date, because what we’re doing is medieval.

 

[Speaker 1]

Yeah, and I think it’s absolutely incredible. We’re gonna try to go back to New York. Let’s see if we can hear what they’re saying.

 

We got a little bit of a frozen signal. It was so perfect for a while there, but that’s what happens, I think, as more people arrive. You can see, though, that there’s a beagle rescued from a testing facility, and there’s his or her foster mom working really hard to get adoptions going.

 

There’s another breaking news story that I want to ask Jamie about, and that is about the sheriff of Dane County, Wisconsin, who has sort of become the poster child for the tear-gassing and the rubber bullets that were aimed at the protesters who tried to get in there and rescue more beagles after the initial smaller first rescue that was successful. Then a larger group, almost 1,000 people, went in there and tried to rescue beagles, and they were met with rubber bullets and tear gas, and the person who has become the poster child for that is the local sheriff. Let’s hear what he said prior to the whole drama with tear gas and rubber bullets, and then we’ll talk about the latest development on the other side.

 

[Speaker 13]

Dane County community, I’m your Dane County Sheriff Calvin Baird, and I’m here to provide an update on an event that we’ve been made aware of that’s going to be taking place this weekend in Dane County, Wisconsin. An outside animal activist group has organized and planned a protest and intentional break-in of private property at the Ridgeland Farms facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. The event is scheduled for this Sunday, April 19th, and will be taking place again in our Blue Mounds community.

 

But we have to draw a decisive line between peacefully protesting and disagreeing and violently breaking into a facility, damaging property, and stealing private property.

 

[Speaker 4]

Okay, so we’re going to go back to the separate scene, and then we’re going to talk about that. Go ahead, Adida. Okay, go ahead.

 

You’re on.

 

[Speaker 7]

After being out of a beagle for two years, there’s still so many things that have not been fully addressed. So I started researching nutrition, health, and slowly, Ethan started coming back to life. Today, Ethan knows over 40 commands and tricks.

 

He uses talking buttons to communicate his needs, potty, water, food, outside, playtime, and honestly, that matters to me more because dogs like Ethan spend their lives being denied a voice. Now he has one, and what I wish the world could see is this. Ethan was never broken.

 

He was surviving. Today, he wakes up with healthy skin. He wakes up without pain.

 

He wakes up knowing he is safe, knowing he is loved, knowing he gets to love back without fear. He gets to walk on grass, feel the sun in his face, sleep in a warm bed, play with toys, and wear ridiculous outfits that I buy him. Woo!

 

He’s allowed to give me sad eye and attitude when he disagrees with me, and I let him because everything humans took from him, he deserves the right to simply be himself. And here’s the painful part. There are thousands of Ethan still in cages, still waiting, still suffering, still being treated like inventory instead of living beings.

 

And millions more never made it. And that’s why we’re here today, not to celebrate the rescues, not just to post pictures after the fact. We’re here because we cannot get to the healing part for these animals still trapped inside the system.

 

They are sending out an SOS to all of us. We need to respond with absolutely no compromise. We need our lawmakers to understand something very clearly.

 

This cannot end with just government funding alone. Cruelty does not become acceptable just because private money is paying for it. I want this practice to end entirely, publicly funded and privately funded, all of it.

 

Because the truth is, science has evolved. Humane alternatives exist. Technology exists.

 

Modern research methods exist. We no longer need to pretend this level of suffering is the only option. And honestly, anytime someone says, well, animal testing helped create this, I think of Bob Ross talking about happy little accidents because too many of these experiments resulted in poor results.

 

Failed human outcomes are catastrophic consequences despite working on animals first. Luck is not justification for cruelty. And secrecy is not morality.

 

If something is too horrific to show to the public, maybe it shouldn’t be happening behind closed doors. And what should I do? What do I want from all of you?

 

I want you to spread the word. I want you to contact lawmakers, sign petitions, support human science, support rescues, boycott companies, universities, and organizations that continue funding and participating in animal testing. And most importantly, don’t become numb to this because numbness is what allowed systems like this to survive for decades.

 

Ethan got his name back. Ethan got his voice back. Ethan got his life back.

 

But there are still thousands of dogs waiting for someone to hear their SOS too. So until every cage is empty, this will not stop.

 

[Speaker 4]

And I just want to show, because we can see the, what’s this mark on his ear? C-M-C-U-S. C-M-I-C-U-S.

 

So this is the tattoo from the research facility, correct? Yes. All right.

 

But now he has a name.

 

[Speaker 7]

That’s right.

 

[Speaker 16]

Happy Ethan.

 

[Speaker 7]

Woo! Give every single one of those dogs their names too. Yes.

 

Great.

 

[Speaker 4]

Thank you so much, Shaylee. What is, so I think viewers want to know, what is our main ask here today? I was going to leave that for the end, but we can do it right now.

 

All right, so do it now.

 

[Speaker 2]

Our ask is to go to savethedogs.io, and all your action items to take will be there. Easy. So simple to do it.

 

It takes five minutes. We’re asking the, we’re asking Ridgeland to release the beagles to reputable sanctuaries, rescue groups, let them get adopted to loving homes where they belong. Also signatures.

 

We need everyone’s signature. We’re going to be doing outreach in a little bit when we’re done here. And we’re going to be convincing the public, educating the public on Ridgeland farms and all the other labs that are using animals, not just beagles.

 

And also, okay, again, there’s all the action items will be on there.

 

[Speaker 4]

So it’s savethedogs.io. And then I just want to remind the viewers again, if you’re just signing on, there is one of the dogs that’s up for adoption that was from one of these labs. We’re going to bring her over. Is this Chloe?

 

Yes, this is Clover. Clover.

 

[Speaker 2]

Clover is up for adoption. And what a sweetheart. My God, you have to.

 

Local would be better, but I’m sure we could arrange something.

 

[Speaker 4]

So she’s here for adoption in New York City, a group in Queens. Puppy Kitty, New York City. Puppy Kitty, New York City.

 

This dog is up for adoption. Clover could be part of your family. She came from hell.

 

Now she’s living a great life, but she wants a forever home.

 

[Speaker 6]

And she would love it if there were another Beagle in there.

 

[Speaker 4]

If there was another Beagle, that would be even better. So, all right, we’re going to keep this rally going. We have the next guest speaker right now.

 

[Speaker 2]

So where do you want me again? Right here. So next we have a very special guest.

 

Tony Pagano is the founder of Animal Rescue Consortium, ARC. It’s a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and advocating for vulnerable animals. Tony is known for his firsthand approach, often working alone and specializing in high-risk, high-urgency urban animal rescue and recovery operations.

 

The things he’s done, I can’t even… You have to go to his page and watch what this man does. He goes everywhere, where many will not.

 

So, again, so Tony… Sorry. So over the years, he has responded to countless emergency situations involving frequently working alongside law enforcement, first responders, shelters, and veterinary professionals to give animals a second chance at life.

 

He has extensive experience in both domestic and international animal rescue efforts, as well as the coordination and execution of large-scale animal transport missions, moving vulnerable animals across the globe and into safe hands and their forever caretakers. His work has helped countless animals transition from situations of neglect, abandonment, disaster, commercial breeding operations, and overcrowded shelter systems to lives of safety, stability, and love. Most importantly, Tony has just recently joined the team led by New York Second Chance Rescue.

 

And New York Second Chance Rescue has taken on 62 of the Ritalin Beagles. Whoo! Yes!

 

62! Amazing work. Jen is a good friend of mine.

 

She does amazing work. And they couldn’t keep the applications. They were overwhelmed with applications.

 

Everybody wanted one of the Beagles, and I have to say that all of them have been neutered, spayed, and will be going to forever homes. All right. Great job.

 

What we did at Ritalin, again, this perpetuated and it pushed the rescues, people to care, from politicians to everyday rescue groups to do something about this. Laura Trump also advocated. It’s not a left or right issue.

 

This is a partisan, nonpartisan issue. These animals need help. Last but not least, again, Tony has joined the team led by New York Second Chance Rescue to help move a group of 60 Ritalin Farm Beagles from Wisconsin to the greater New York City area, further helping many of these dogs begin their journey from lives of confinement and exploitation to lives of safety, care, and love.

 

Let’s welcome Tony.

 

[Speaker 3]

Thank you, Rachel. It’s very, very kind to invite me to say hello to you guys here today. First, I think we should acknowledge the frontline people that were down at Ritalin, especially Wayne Hung, who had the chutzpah, actually, to stay with this and see it through.

 

A lot of you people took a beating, and you took a beating at the hands of the animals, and I think you should give them a round of applause. Woo!

 

[Speaker 12]

Yes!

 

[Speaker 3]

It’s a very brave thing to do. Guys like me do rescue in urban areas, suburban areas, rescue recovery, all that stuff. Working with this type of scenario is nothing new for us.

 

It’s another day at the office, for the most part, except that these animals have never seen the light of day. And so you might just say that, you know, years ago, years ago, we did, out of China, with my other rescue, my buddy Jeff Ferry, No Dogs Left Behind, where we do, in China, we did a transport and a rescue of Chinese layup beagles that ended up going with Beagle Freedom Project, and we landed them in L.A., actually. And to watch those animals de-kennel and to touch terra firma for the first time was the most inspirational thing you’ll ever see, and the most heartbreaking thing at the same time.

 

These guys are no different. Right now, I was asked by my dear, dear friend, Jim Brooks, New York City Second Chance Rescue, who spearheaded the effort to bring roughly 62 of the original informed beagles back up into our area. And I think my response was, don’t threaten me with a good time.

 

And off we went. So, you know, we flew one of our planes down from Pilot’s Lit Rescue, my buddy Mike Snyder, who has done many missions for us before, flew those guys right away into Wisconsin. We were supposed to pick up 27.

 

I think we ended up picking up 20 that night. I do believe some of the animals that were being vaccinated were having some sort of complications to the vaccinations on the way out. When we landed back up here in the New Jersey area late at night, about 11 o’clock, we had my buddy Elias Friedman from the Doggists with us, who went live with it as well.

 

And a lot of people, and most of you people who know the Doggists, knows that he has a lot of followers, and he’s just an unbelievable animal advocate and his team. And it was wonderful for him to join our team on the ground there. At the time, I think Old Dominion was there on the ground with us.

 

Delighted Pet was on the ground with us. Elias was there. Second Chance Rescue, myself, of course, and a bunch of others.

 

And I handled the first ones coming out, as I’ve done very often when we fly at least 100, 150 out of the Orient. And to see the looks on their faces, what I did notice immediately was how frightened they were. Every single one of them was covered in vomit.

 

Every single one was covered in feces. When I reached into the first kennel, both of my hands were drenched with saliva from these dogs. And again, nothing new, but just a testament to the heartbreak that these guys have lived through.

 

And it’s going to take them a while to figure out where they are now. At the end of that night, we also, Jen had three trucks, three vans actually, truck up the balance up to the Long Island City facility where they were separated to other rescues. So a lot of other rescues came in and took dogs.

 

I believe Arf, every last one. A bunch of our local rescues here domestically took a bunch of the beagles also to convalesce and to get out to their forever loving homes. On the way out that night, there was one in the kennel.

 

And we looked at this one, and I know he was the first one that I took out of the airplane. We named him Sonny. And I looked how broken he was.

 

It was just heartbreaking. Covered in vomit, covered in urine, everything else. Actually, we had cleaned him up and stuck him back in, and he was still just so frightened.

 

And on the way out, I looked at Jen, and Jen looked at me. I said, I’m taking this guy. And she said, all yours.

 

And we’re going to keep him as the mascot of Animal Rescue Consortium. Actually, he’s being fostered within our confines by two law enforcement individuals right here from the Manhattan South Command who are changing the culture of first responders and the NYPD towards animal welfare. And it’s very, very important the work that we’re doing together with law enforcement.

 

A lot of people, of course, see this on social media, and everybody wants to adopt a beagle, of course. The most sentient breed of the canine community, which is why they’re exploited in unions for testing, lab testing, cutting of the vocal cords. That’s something we see in China.

 

That’s something that we see in the slaughterhouses. Not here, not in the United States. And it’s an abhorrent act, and it’s heartbreaking to learn that this is what goes on within these breeding facilities.

 

So each breeding facility, each ear tattoo, and you saw the ear tattoo for this guy, corresponds to somewhere in that facility of what they were actually going to sell or what they were prepping the animal for, whether it’s biopharma, whether it’s product testing, whichever, they’re separated in there. And that’s what the ear tattoo is actually for. And there’s a chart.

 

And in that chart, somewhere along the line, it tells you what this animal was actually being bred for and who, GlaxoSmithKline, one of the pharma companies along the line. It’s important to know that every one of these beagles is now on Mars. They have no clue where they are, no clue.

 

My guy, Sonny, for instance, everybody wants to adopt, adopt, adopt. Somebody said, we did not get the beautiful beagles that everybody loves and everybody sees. We’ve gotten a bunch.

 

And by the way, they were all male. All 62 that we took up were all male. We’ve gotten a group of special needs dogs.

 

That’s what it is. So these animals, although some can matriculate into a social environment, others just can’t. My Sonny right now, every time he eats, he regurgitates.

 

Every time he drinks, he regurgitates. If a leaf blows, he runs for cover. It’s heartbreaking.

 

All of our specialists that we’ve seen, we have some great, great guys right here. Gramercy Park Animal Hospital, Dr. Jay Coleman, 80-something-year-old, he’s the wizard, has seen those dogs three times already and will continue. And it’s just going to take time.

 

It’s going to take time. So having said that, get involved. Get involved.

 

Don’t let this fall. Marshall’s next. They’re on notice.

 

You know they’re on notice. And we’re coming for you.

 

[Speaker 4]

And I just want to say, what is your message to the legislators in this country, in New York, everywhere, on this issue of animal testing, beagles, all the other animals? What’s your message to them?

 

[Speaker 3]

Well, this is up in Albany, which is interesting. So the message to the legislature, this goes to the agriculture and markets up in Albany. Just so happens that the wonderful senator that chairs ag and markets up in Albany is a good friend and an animal advocate.

 

Her name is Senator Bissell Pinchy. She is right behind us, right behind us. Anything that that senator can do, this is up in Hudson Valley, anything that can be done, she will absolutely do.

 

She’s actually been an adopter of mine. So she’s wonderful. It will change.

 

It will change. The pressure has just got to remain. So here we are.

 

Now, this is the tipping point. Let’s run with it.

 

[Speaker 4]

Let’s run with it. All right. That’s the end.

 

Rachel, do you have any chance that you want to?

 

[Speaker 2]

We’re not done yet.

 

[Speaker 4]

Okay. We still have a couple more speakers, everybody.

 

[Speaker 2]

And then we’ll get to this.

 

[Speaker 4]

All right.

 

[Speaker 2]

Real fast, if anybody wants to take a still shot, the QR code, these two QR codes right here, will take you straight to your petitions and your asks. Again, everything you need is on those two QR codes. So thank you very much.

 

And we’re just going to start now again with our next guest. Let’s just move on, right? Get this moving on.

 

We have a lot to do today.

 

[Speaker 4]

It’s far from over. For anyone who just joined, we’re live in Union Square in New York City. We have a bunch of animal lovers with us, two rescued beagles from testing facilities.

 

[Speaker 2]

And one more just showed up again. And one more on the way.

 

[Speaker 4]

Yes. Okay. So who’s next?

 

[Speaker 2]

So without further ado again, we’re going to introduce now some of the warriors I call my heroes. I’ve seen the battlefield that they. Sorry.

 

Yeah. So the things that they’ve gone through, I can’t even explain. I’m going to let them explain it.

 

But Sarah Weldon is our next guest. Sarah Weldon is an animal rights activist who has advocated for animal liberation since 2015. Working for organizations, including vegan outreach and teach kind while supporting numerous animal advocacy groups and sanctuaries.

 

A US Marine Corps veteran. She was injured by police fires and rubber bullets during the Ridgeland rescue attempt on April 18th. I watched her crawl out of there when they were pepper spraying her in the face.

 

The violence that we experienced and especially Sarah. The bruises on her body just left me in tears. But real fast.

 

So originally from Texas, Sarah now lives in Brooklyn with her rescue dog and cat and animal rights boyfriend. Who’s an amazing artist. He’s here with us, Eddie.

 

He’ll be joining us. Thank you, Eddie. And yeah, I’ll let her talk right now.

 

Thank you so much.

 

[Speaker 16]

All right.

 

[Speaker 4]

All right. We’re introducing Sarah.

 

[Speaker 5]

Here we go. Sarah. I also wanted to give Eddie a shout out.

 

He is painting the rally and he did some really amazing paintings of the Ridgeland action and the rescue beagles afterwards. He brought that book. So if you want to find him afterwards and take a look at those, they’re really beautiful.

 

So, yeah, I became an animal rights activist after watching a documentary called the college English class. If you’re not familiar, it’s a documentary about the dolphins in Japan that are rounded up into a cove and they are either slaughtered for meat or they are sold to aquariums and some of the dolphins. It’s really horrendous.

 

I didn’t know that that was going on and I was so horrified by what I found and what I learned in that documentary. I went home and went down an eight hour Google rabbit hole researching all of the ways animals are exploited. And that is how I learned about animal testing.

 

I knew that animal testing was a thing, but I had just never really given it a lot of thought and I had no idea that they were using dogs to test on. And when I learned specifically why they use beagles for their docile nature and how trusting they are, that was even more horrifying. I mean, it’s horrific that they use any animals, but dogs, man’s best friend that so many of us share our homes with.

 

I really just couldn’t believe that. So I pretty much became an animal rights activist overnight after watching the cove. My journey to veganism took a little longer, but that’s a story for another time.

 

So fast forward to April, April, 2026. I had regretfully passed on the opportunity to participate in the March 15th action. I had been asked to join that.

 

And for reasons I just didn’t do it. So when I heard that there was going to be a second rescue, I said, yes, sign me up. I didn’t hesitate.

 

And I ended up leading a red team and I was so caught off guard by the level of violence and police brutality that day. Like I said, I’ve been doing animal rights activism for 11 years, a little over. I have never experienced anything like what we experienced at Richland.

 

We were tear gassed. I was pepper sprayed in the face twice. I was shot at least five or six times with rubber bullets, literally the size of the palm of my hand.

 

I still have this weird notch on my hand and I don’t have all of the feeling in these fingers. I’ve got a scar behind my leg. This was one of the tear gas canisters that they threw at us.

 

Wow. Note to self. I did not realize that these were hot when they are thrown.

 

I saw other people picking them up to try to get them out of the crowd. I didn’t realize they were wearing gloves.

 

[Speaker 4]

So I went to pick up your hand again, where you got to your permanent, you might have permanent damage on your permanent nerve damage. Hold it up.

 

[Speaker 5]

The doctor said that this is a hematoma that should go away on its own, but I still don’t have the feeling in these three fingers. So I don’t know what this is, but I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow actually, where I’ll ask more questions. But yeah, the police were just attacking us for literally doing, we were trying to get into rescue the Beagles.

 

We had evidence, evidence written evidence from a judge saying that Richland was being cruel to these Beagles 311 counts of animal cruelty, cutting cherry eyes off of dogs with no anesthesia, cutting their vocal cords with no anesthesia. Just the living conditions alone are torturous for these dogs. So we had made our efforts known that we were coming to non-violently rescue these dogs.

 

And we were met with such violence. Like Rachel said, I’m also a Marine Corps veteran and in three months of bootcamp and a month of Marine combat training, I never experienced that level of violence. Going through Marine Corps bootcamp, I couldn’t believe that I experienced something more violent trying to rescue dogs than actually going through Marine Corps training.

 

That blew my mind. And it really made me start thinking about the bigger picture of what we’re doing here. When ordinary people bands together and we take action for the vulnerable animals, other people, it really, it pushes buttons and we know that we’re pushing buttons, the right buttons when we’re met with violence.

 

So we really just need to continue this effort. There are still 650 Beagles, possibly some have been rescued. There’s I’m still not sure what’s going on with maybe 150 that were rescued from Richland, but regardless, there are still hundreds of dogs trapped in Richland.

 

Richland is not releasing the dogs. We’re not sure what the fate of these dogs is going to be. We need to do everything we can to get these dogs out.

 

And it goes so much further than that. Then we’ve got Marshall bio resources that has more than 20,000 dogs. My mind can’t even comprehend comprehend how many dogs in the cages that are not getting the, the, their needs met.

 

I mean, you can’t, there aren’t enough people working there to meet the needs of 20,000 dogs. So we’ve got a really big fight ahead of us. I just want to encourage everybody here to be kind to one another.

 

Unfortunately, these industries know that in fighting can take us down and they try to get us to fight amongst each other. They’ll hit us against each other based on this belief or, you know, that belief let’s all just be kind to one another. Remember who we’re fighting for the vehicles, the dogs, all of the other animals that are being exploited and need our voices.

 

And I also just want, I want everybody to fight for these vehicles, fight for the dogs, but also if there are other causes that you feel called to look into those. If, if you feel that something is wrong, look into that. You don’t know where it’ll lead you.

 

I had no idea that that college English class watching the cove about dolphin slaughter would lead me here fighting for dogs and animal testing laboratories. So follow your passion, follow where your heart takes you listen to your heart. Love is more powerful than fear.

 

Compassion is more powerful than cruelty. And I think those are really important lessons to take with us and our continued fight to save these vehicles and all animals that need us.

 

[Speaker 4]

Very inspiring words there. Yes.

 

[Speaker 2]

So next we have Jessica Miracola and she was, she is from Brooklyn. She’s Brooklyn based animal care specialist with 15 years of experience advocating for dogs, carriage horses, farm animals, and wildlife. She was arrested at Richland farms on March 15th during the rescue in 22 laboratory bred beagles and later tear gas on April 18th while trying to save more animals from the facility.

 

She will speak about what she witnessed at Richland farms and why she was her freedom, not once, but twice to help them. Let’s welcome Jessica Miracola.

 

[Speaker 11]

Hi, hi everybody. Thank you for being here. First of all, it’s very heartwarming.

 

So as you heard, my name is Jessica and I’ve been fighting for the animals for at least the past 15 years. On March 15th, I traveled to Richland farms because I could no longer sit at home and know that thousands of beagles were being bred there for cruel animal experimentation. That day, 22 dogs were rescued and I was arrested for trying to help them.

 

Most people after being arrested, I’d never been arrested before. Most people after being arrested would probably never go back, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the thousands that were still left behind that day. It was hard to get back to life as normal, seeing what I had seen and hearing their cries in my head at night.

 

So a month later on April 18th, I returned to Richland farms again to try again. And that day more than a thousand of us rescuers and advocates were met with brutal force from authorities, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray. What affected me most wasn’t just the scale of it or the violence we experienced.

 

It was knowing that beagles trapped inside were suffering through the tear gas too. These gentle social animals never chose this life. Many will never know a home, freedom, fresh grass or what it feels like to be a loved member of someone’s family.

 

People often talk about animal experimentation in abstract terms, but spending hours outside of Richland in March, shivering in the cold while listening to their cries made it horrifyingly real. Behind those walls are living beings spending their entire lives in confinement and fear. I’m speaking today because silence protects places like Richland farms.

 

Bearing witness matters, showing up matters, speaking out matters. And every person here has more power than they think. Public pressure changes things.

 

Awareness changes things. Refusing to look away changes things. The animals inside Richland cannot ask for help themselves.

 

So we have to do it for them. Thank you.

 

[Speaker 2]

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you, Jessica.

 

And thank you again to everybody who showed up today. Give yourself a hand of applause and take a bow. Thank you so much.

 

You guys could be anywhere today, but you’re here speaking up for the Beagles. And that means so much to me and it means so much to the Beagles, I’m sure. So with no further ado, next what we’re going to do is what we’re going to.

 

So these are some of the action items we would like people to take. And right after this live, we’re going to be outreaching. And we’re going to go around Union Square Park and be asking people to, again, Summit Ridge Farms, LabCorp and Charles River Labs are some of the laboratory facilities and breeding facilities that we want to target.

 

So if you want to zoom in on this, maybe, for Jane’s viewers, that would be awesome. And we also will be chanting. I posted the chants on the event page.

 

If you don’t have them, let me know. They’re very simple chants, to be honest. It’s going to be shame on Ridgeland animal abusers.

 

Shame on Ridgeland Beagle killers or puppy killers. I’m going to come after with you and we’ll have a briefing real quick. But again, I want to say thank you to each and every one of you and to our warriors from March 15th and from April 18th.

 

It’s a day I will never forget. I will never forget. I ended up in the hospital, had surgery, and then I ended up here again to follow up with surgery here in New York City.

 

But again, it doesn’t come close to what these poor animals go through. This is day in and day after, nonstop. They don’t get medical attention.

 

They don’t have a gentle hand. They don’t have any love. They’re treated as objects, as members, and nothing more.

 

So I want everyone here today to please talk to your friends, share, ask them to do the same thing, and let’s get this done. Let’s free all the animals from laboratory. Because vivisection is alive.

 

These beagles do not want to die. That’s right. Thank you very much, everyone.

 

We’re going to follow for our next steps, what to do. And again, let’s just come together here. Thank you, Jane.

 

[Speaker 16]

Thank you, everybody.

 

[Speaker 2]

We’re watching us here in New York City. Again, there are cities all over the United States that are participating. We stand in solidarity with everyone.

 

[Speaker 4]

Do we want to say goodbye to some of the dogs again on camera?

 

[Speaker 1]

Where are they? Let’s bring the dogs over. Wait, wait, what?

 

[Speaker 4]

Jane, what did you say? Yeah, let’s do it. Let’s say goodbye to the doggies.

 

Let’s say goodbye to some of these rescued dogs. All right, sorry for the shaky. We’re going to back up.

 

We have a bunch of dogs with us. We have a lot of people here in this park. Let’s see.

 

All right, who’s this? This is Clover. Oh, Clover.

 

Let’s bring Clover up to the camera, because this girl is up for adoption at Puppy City NYC. Yes. Yes, Puppy City NYC.

 

Let’s see who doesn’t want to have Clover in their family. So she’s up for adoption, and she was rescued from which lab? From Marshall.

 

From Marshall Labs, which is in upstate New York.

 

[Speaker 6]

One of the rare survivors of Marshall.

 

[Speaker 4]

Wow, that is unbelievable.

 

[Speaker 6]

Clover! Very happy to be out, and very happy to accept everyone’s love and attention. Yes.

 

[Speaker 4]

So anyone at home, this is a message from the universe. If you were thinking of adopting a dog, Clover is up for adoption right now. Rescued from Marshall’s labs.

 

Just unbelievable. She is beautiful, and so calm in the midst of all this crazy New York City traffic and everything. She loves everybody but cats.

 

Everybody but cats. All right, so do we want to say no? Some of the dogs are just hanging out on their own.

 

And who do we have here? Is it? Let’s see.

 

So we have… Introduce him. This is Sir Ethan.

 

Sir Ethan. She’s going to pick him up. This is Sir Ethan, and he is from Envigo in Virginia, right?

 

He’s from a lab in Virginia. And he is not up for adoption because you are his forever mama, right? Yes.

 

So what’s your message to all the listeners who care about this issue and want to free these dogs? What can they do to help? Strike while hot.

 

Strike while hot.

 

[Speaker 7]

Let’s get the politicians to agree to no public or private funding.

 

[Speaker 4]

That loophole needs to be closed. And we want to show also, he has a tattoo on his ear from the lab, which I assume will be there forever. Just sort of highlighting how they are not viewed as sensitive dogs.

 

They’re just research subjects, products. Yes. But he’s one of the lucky that is released and now is going to live a happy, peaceful life with love for the rest of his life.

 

So we want to thank you. We have a lot of people watching who are applauding you and everyone here, all the rescuers and everyone who cares about this issue. Get involved.

 

Do you think it’s possible we can end animal testing in our lifetime? Yes.

 

[Speaker 7]

It’s nothing that they’re doing now with the dogs. You can get more done using technology. Yes.

 

We’re at that stage. We really don’t need to use dogs anymore. Yes.

 

We never did, but that’s besides the point.

 

[Speaker 4]

Oh, we got some other. All right. So it is a very joyous occasion here in Union Square Park.

 

Everybody is so thrilled to see so many of these rescued beagles and really fired up to help end animal testing for good in this country. Rachel, do you want to close it out for Jane Unchained TV? Sure.

 

[Speaker 2]

Thank you so much, Jane, again, and all your viewers for listening.

 

[Speaker 4]

All right.

 

[Speaker 2]

Again, thank you so very much for being with us from the beginning. Unchained TV went live the day we were there on April 18th. It was wonderful to see the amount of shares and bringing awareness to this cause.

 

So right now what we’re going to do is we’re going to take a group photo. Everybody’s here. Everyone showed up.

 

I was getting scared for a bit. And then we’re going to walk around Union Square and launch a chat. Then we’re going to do outreach for about 30 minutes and let the people know what’s going on and what they need to do to help.

 

They love their dogs.

 

[Speaker 1]

I want to say thank you, Rachel, and thank you, Adina. Thank you, Rachel.

 

[Speaker 2]

Thanks, everybody.

 

[Speaker 1]

Thank you so much. Bye, everybody. Amazing work, Adina.

 

Bye, everyone. Bye, everyone.

 

[Speaker 16]

Thank you again.

 

[Speaker 1]

Bye. Thank you.

 

[Speaker 16]

Bye.

 

[Speaker 1]

All right. So amazing, amazing work by Adina Bernkrand of New York class there. Thank you for your patience, co-hosts, while we went to those live rallies in New York City.

 

Jamie, you were at a rally yesterday in upstate New York. We’ve been showing video of that rally. So I have to ask you, is this a breakthrough in the campaign against animal experimentation overall?

 

I’ve been covering this movement for, well, 25 years at least. And I have to say, I have never seen the kind of bipartisanship of people from all sorts of backgrounds and political sides in terms of the members of Congress speaking, people of all age groups, people from all demographics and locations around the United States. What say you?

 

[Speaker 8]

Yes, I agree. It feels like the tides are turning. It feels like this is a breakthrough.

 

I mean, to have a congressman at our protest here in upstate New York, North Rose, New York and Wayne County at Marshall BioResources speaking out against what’s being done to the animals there, that feels so huge and like such a big step forward. Because as people were saying at the New York City rally today, what we really need is support from these politicians to stop the funding to these breeders and laboratories doing what they’re doing with our tax dollars. So having advocates with power saying that that needs to stop, that feels like a huge step in the right direction.

 

[Speaker 1]

And Lindsay Baker, even the National Institutes of Health right now is saying, yes, we need to move away. We’re in the 21st century. We have quantum computing.

 

We have organs on a chip. We have all of these other AI that can solve incredible problems in a couple of seconds that take people years. Why are we doing this medieval stuff?

 

[Speaker 9]

Well, I think it’s partially an economic issue. It’s also a perception issue. It’s a bureaucratic issue.

 

They were saying they’re within, you know, they’re following legislative laws that have been in place. They’re doing the being the lab talking about the lab now. They’re not doing anything wrong.

 

It’s part of what is in law now. And that’s true. But that doesn’t have anything to do with science.

 

That doesn’t have anything to do with humanity. That doesn’t have anything to do with public awareness saying we don’t want this. This is barbaric.

 

So I think we’re going in the right direction. We’re building momentum. I think all of us doing those letters, doing those phone calls, doing those e-mails, tweetstorms, social media, this is what’s turning the tide as well as people going right to the going to these places and standing up.

 

So it’s a big effort by everyone.

 

[Speaker 1]

I have to read statements from the various corporations that were mentioned during this rally. Ridgeland says there’s no credible evidence of animal abuse or cruelty. Labels the people who want to shut them down as extremists engaging in dangerous and unlawful actions and that claiming that they’re waging a misinformation campaign.

 

The company is invited on any time to comment. And because Marshall Bio, Ridgeland is in Wisconsin. And by the way, because of Wayne Shum basically going in there and spearheading this whole controversy years ago, and it’s been growing and growing to the point where you have something like Danes for Dogs in Wisconsin.

 

It ended up where a special prosecutor was appointed after there was a court hearing which Unchained TV covered live in which a whistleblower testified that he saw directly firsthand that non-veterinarians were doing painful surgeries on dogs at Ridgeland without anesthesia. Again, Ridgeland denies that. Ridgeland denies the allegations of cruelty.

 

And we invite Ridgeland on any time to respond. A deal was made where Ridgeland is shutting down its beagle breeding for profit operations. But the special prosecutor made a deal to avoid any criminal charges or any other charges.

 

They will no longer sell dogs as of July 4 to other organizations and companies and the government for animal experimentation, but they could continue to do experimentation on their own. That was the deal that upset animal activists and led to the open rescues. So that was the deal that led to the rescues where in the first rescue, 24 animals were taken out and several activists were jailed.

 

In the second rescue, infamously, up to 1,000 animal rights activists were hit with tear gas and rubber bullets, including some you heard from today. And then after that, some mainstream organizations got involved and there were approximately 1,500 beagles who were sold. This was the Center for Humane Economy and some other organizations, Beagle Freedom Project, that got together.

 

I’m probably not naming them all, so I apologize to anybody I haven’t mentioned. 1,500 beagles got out and 600 approximately remained. We just got word.

 

This weekend that 150 more will be coming out Monday, that from a U.S. congressman. So that’s the Ridgeland situation. Then the focus moves to New York where there is Marshall Bioresources, which is much bigger than Ridgeland, that reportedly has at least 20,000 beagles along with tens of thousands of other animals of other species.

 

And that’s what the reason why the rally was held, one of the reasons why the rally was held in New York City. I’m going to read some statements from Marshall Bioresources and invite them on any time to comment. We would love to dialogue, but let’s listen to these and get a round-robin response before we sign off.

 

So Marshall Bioresources says basically studies involving animals remain indispensable, claims that animal research is no longer necessary, often overlook important scientific and regulatory realities. And Marshall Bioresources also maintains that their facilities are regularly inspected by the USDA to ensure compliance. They had a recent inspection that resulted in a clean report with no citations.

 

So I would like to get again to invite Ridgeland and invite Marshall Bioresources and any company that’s mentioned, including the pharmaceutical companies. There were a couple mentioned during the rally on any time to dialogue. But, Jamie, what’s your overall response to the industry’s response?

 

[Speaker 8]

Well, claims that this is being done in any kind of humane way, I think, are hard to believe, especially when you consider the scale of a place like Marshall. And regardless of that, just the fact that they’re viewing these animals as their property and trying to maximize profits, abuse and mistreatment is essentially inevitable in those situations. And something that Congressman Langworthy mentioned at Marshall yesterday was when you look at the scale and the estimate of around 20,000 dogs there, plus tens of thousands of other animals and public information states around no more than 100 employees there.

 

How can you possibly be providing adequate care to that many animals with so few employees? And regardless of that, what these animals are being used for, it’s unconscionable. It’s nothing where they would be being treated well.

 

So we know that they’re operating very secretively. We don’t get to see much from inside of there. But from what we have seen, we know that it’s terrible treatment for these animals.

 

[Speaker 1]

And, Lindsay, what is your response to the response of the corporations, which we invite on any time? Well, two things.

 

[Speaker 9]

First of all, just their name, Marshall BioResources. BioResources, what does that mean? Living things used as resources.

 

So right there in their business plan, it’s a horrific thing. But also they say regulatory realities. That’s not saying that’s just saying it’s in law.

 

It’s the law right now and tough luck. That’s the way it is. But that can be changed because that’s just laws that has nothing to do with science.

 

Like I said before, just repeating what I said before, it has nothing to do with humane treatment or science.

 

[Speaker 1]

Well, I could not end this broadcast without bringing in a very special guest. This is my Beagle Mix Rescue Wednesday. And you could see her docile nature.

 

I also have a Jack Russell named Sunday who is very frisky and would not sit on my lap as long as this little girl. But this is a perfect illustration, my little star here, of how docile beagles are. And she’s got a lot of beagle in her and she would just sit here for a long period of time if I just rub her tummy.

 

And their docile nature is why they’re used for experimentation. And the idea that somebody would use my dog, my little girl, Wednesday, for toxic testing, putting a mask on her and forcing her to inhale toxic fumes, it defies comprehension. This is the 21st century.

 

We have people going up in rockets. We have to outer space. We have cars that drive themselves.

 

We have all sorts of incredible artificial intelligence, quantum computing, organs on a chip. Really, it’s time to join the 21st century. One of the things that I’ve learned about this whole animal experimentation issue over the years is follow the money.

 

Universities love animal experimentation for the most part because they get a cut. Anytime a scientist who is at a university gets a grant, the university gets a cut. So follow the money.

 

There’s a massive bureaucracy surrounding this industry. Finally, the National Institutes of Health has started to say, just in the last year, let’s look at this and let’s join the 21st century. These are our tax dollars that are being used to experiment on these animals.

 

I really feel that many of these members of Congress who are speaking up actually believe this. They want to end animal experimentation and reduce the taxpayer spending and the bureaucracy. But they are also seeing that it’s a good way to get votes because a huge percentage of people in the United States have pets.

 

Those pet guardians do not want to see animals, especially animals that look like their pet at home, experimented on. This could be the big breakthrough for animal rights in general that we’ve all been working toward these many years. Fundamentally, animals are not mere property.

 

Animals are sentient beings who deserve rights. If corporations can be considered individuals under the law, which has now happened, then certainly Wednesday and all the other four-legged and two-legged animals who are out there should be considered persons as well. That’s my final word, except to say thank you all for watching on this Sunday when you could be out doing any number of things.

 

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