VIDEO: Six Beagles Rescued From Laboratory Nightmare Find Loving Homes

For Immediate Release:
July 29, 2026

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Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382

A new PETA video released today captures the remarkable journey of six beagles rescued from perpetual imprisonment at Red Beast Enterprises, a chaotic animal testing laboratory in Fort Collins, to life as beloved family members, free from pain and fear.

The video follows Poppy, Ivy, Leo, Galileo, Tinkerbelle, and Walter as PETA taxied them last month from Kindness Ranch in Wyoming to Ohio and Virginia, where their new families greeted them. Kindness Ranch took in the surviving animals when the laboratory closed following a PETA undercover investigation and federal action.

Born into misery in Wisconsin at Ridglan Farms, the dogs were sold and shipped to Red Beast, where they spent years confined to chain-link cages. PETA’s investigation revealed that Red Beast’s veterinarian “debarked” dogs by cutting into their vocal cords, without providing any post-operative pain relief, simply to make their cries less “shrill.”

“For years, these dogs knew nothing but isolation in barren kennels and the terror of crude experiments, but today they’re safe in new homes and finally getting the comfort, care, consideration, and love they deserve,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch. “PETA urges everyone to speak up for those still suffering in laboratories and support only state-of-the-art, human-relevant research methods that don’t harm animals.”

Red Beast Enterprises beagles before and after adoption. Photo credit: PETA

Eight-year-olds Poppy and Ivy now live in Ohio. Leo, Galileo, Tinkerbelle, and Walter are thriving in their new homes in Virginia. All six experience the everyday joys denied them their whole lives: the smell and feel of grass, running, and playing, warm beds, families to snuggle with, and not living in fear of what horror may come next.

PETA’s investigation into Red Beast found that animals routinely suffered from untreated ailments, including chronic eye discharge and open sores. It prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to cite the company for more than 200 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act between February and July 2025.

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