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The AMA Isn’t Medicine’s Voice — It’s Animal Research’s
Rise for Animals, September 30, 2025
The AMA is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the animal research industry, and what it says hurts us all.
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We Can’t Let the USDA Continue to Ignore Ridglan’s Offenses
Rise for Animals, September 18, 2025
The USDA has the power to act — and the animals who are still at risk of illegal mistreatment are waiting.
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Ridglan Update: USDA Admits Not Understanding Its Own Rules
Rise for Animals, September 9, 2025
The animal research industry desperately wants us to believe it operates under strict scrutiny, but it never has.
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Ridglan Hit With 311 Offenses Amid Industry Catastrophizing
Rise for Animals, September 4, 2025
Wisconsin regulators are set to charge the industrial-scale dog breeder with 311 separate acts of unlawful neglect and veterinary malpractice, spanning years.
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TRS Labs Thanks Itself for Killing Dogs, Defends Ridglan
Rise for Animals, September 2, 2025
One of Ridglan Farms’ biggest customers stepped forward to defend the dog supplier under a court-ordered, state animal cruelty investigation.
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Rise’s Data Sinks Industry’s Narrative in Science Magazine
Rise for Animals, August 21, 2025
We analyzed USDA records; Science Mag reported: AAALAC labs — touted as the “gold standard” for animal welfare — are really responsible for most of the worst violations.
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Channel 3000 Covers Our Ridglan Exposé; UW-Madison Responds
Rise for Animals, August 14, 2025
The station brought ongoing attention to our investigation into Ridglan Farms. Then, UW-Madison reacted to being outed as a buyer of dogs from the embattled megabreeder.
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Ridglan Beagles at MRIGlobal: What the Records & Photos Show
Rise for Animals, August 12, 2025
These may be the only photos that capture the pups in life — confined on metal floors, faces obscured by cage bars, already in the hands of those who would kill them.
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FOX6 Milwaukee Covers Our Investigation into Ridglan Farms
Rise for Animals, August 8, 2025
Our investigation revealed, for the first time, the list of Ridglan’s recent clients and the numbers of dogs purchased by each one.