Feds Cite Ridglan Farms as Dogs Continue to Suffer: PETA Statement

For Immediate Release:
March 2, 2026

Contact:
Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

Please see the following statement from PETA Vice President of Laboratory Oversight & Special Cases Dr. Alka Chandna regarding two citations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Ridglan Farms for its entirely absent medical records for the treatment of a suffering dog, and for failing to justify the number of dogs used in four experiments, both violations of the Animal Welfare Act:

There is no bottom to the incompetence at Ridglan Farms. Federal inspectors found that no one maintained medical records for a 6-year-old beagle undergoing treatment for painful cysts, and never bothered to justify the number of dogs used in experiments. For decades, this fetid dog factory farm bred and sold thousands of beagles who experimenters poison, mutilate, and kill in tests. Ridglan agreed to surrender its state breeding license by July 1 to avoid charges of criminal cruelty to animals, but these federal reports show that dogs still suffer every second it stays open. Ridglan should not be allowed to operate for another single minute—it must be shut down now.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.