Free the 33 Ridglan beagle puppies from Comparative Biosciences Inc.
The Issue
Beagles are a favorite of testing facilities for their docile and trusting nature. Researchers often have the dogs’ voice boxes removed to prevent the animals from barking. Despite their loving and trusting nature, beagles are treated like little more than commodities, relegated to a concrete cage for their entire lives with a fatal ending. They will have never seen the sunlight, feel grass, loving touch of a human.
In June 2026, the world received extraordinary news: Ridglan Farms was shutting down. After decades of breeding beagles for research, an agreement was reached to remove the remaining dogs and permanently close the facility. Thousands of dogs who had spent their lives in cages were finally being given a chance at freedom.
But for 33 puppies, that freedom never came.
The Exception: Despite the facility-wide closure and cessation of commercial dog operations, the 33 puppies were previously dispatched to Comparative Biosciences in Sunnyvale prior to the final rescue transfers. (Instagram)
Think about that.
These are not laboratory equipment.
They are not test tubes.
They are not disposable research material.
They are five-month-old puppies.
At an age when a puppy should be discovering grass, chasing a ball, learning to trust people, and sleeping safely in a home, these puppies face a life inside a laboratory.
And this is happening in the 21st century.
We live in an era of artificial intelligence, sophisticated computer modeling, organoids, human-cell-based research, advanced imaging, and other technologies that are transforming biomedical science. Researchers can increasingly study human biology using methods that do not require deliberately subjecting dogs to painful or invasive experiments.
So we must ask a fundamental question:
Why are dogs still being used as laboratory subjects when science has entered an age in which increasingly powerful human-relevant alternatives exist?
The answer cannot simply be, "Because this is how we have always done it."
The closure of Ridglan Farms should have meant the end of the pipeline that sends beagles from breeding facilities into laboratories. Instead, these 33 puppies appear to have been transferred from one stage of that pipeline to another.
We are calling on Comparative Biosciences to release all 33 Ridglan beagles immediately and allow them to be placed with qualified rescue organizations and loving families.
These puppies have done nothing wrong.
They did not volunteer for science.
They cannot consent.
They cannot understand why they are being confined.
They cannot speak for themselves.
We must speak for them.
Let these 33 puppies be the last.
Let them leave the laboratory.
Let them experience sunlight, grass, affection, toys, treats, and a real home.
FREE THE 33 RIDGLAN BEAGLES.
END THE LABORATORY PIPELINE.
LET SCIENCE MOVE FORWARD—AND LET THESE PUPPIES GO HOME.
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The Issue
Beagles are a favorite of testing facilities for their docile and trusting nature. Researchers often have the dogs’ voice boxes removed to prevent the animals from barking. Despite their loving and trusting nature, beagles are treated like little more than commodities, relegated to a concrete cage for their entire lives with a fatal ending. They will have never seen the sunlight, feel grass, loving touch of a human.
In June 2026, the world received extraordinary news: Ridglan Farms was shutting down. After decades of breeding beagles for research, an agreement was reached to remove the remaining dogs and permanently close the facility. Thousands of dogs who had spent their lives in cages were finally being given a chance at freedom.
But for 33 puppies, that freedom never came.
The Exception: Despite the facility-wide closure and cessation of commercial dog operations, the 33 puppies were previously dispatched to Comparative Biosciences in Sunnyvale prior to the final rescue transfers. (Instagram)
Think about that.
These are not laboratory equipment.
They are not test tubes.
They are not disposable research material.
They are five-month-old puppies.
At an age when a puppy should be discovering grass, chasing a ball, learning to trust people, and sleeping safely in a home, these puppies face a life inside a laboratory.
And this is happening in the 21st century.
We live in an era of artificial intelligence, sophisticated computer modeling, organoids, human-cell-based research, advanced imaging, and other technologies that are transforming biomedical science. Researchers can increasingly study human biology using methods that do not require deliberately subjecting dogs to painful or invasive experiments.
So we must ask a fundamental question:
Why are dogs still being used as laboratory subjects when science has entered an age in which increasingly powerful human-relevant alternatives exist?
The answer cannot simply be, "Because this is how we have always done it."
The closure of Ridglan Farms should have meant the end of the pipeline that sends beagles from breeding facilities into laboratories. Instead, these 33 puppies appear to have been transferred from one stage of that pipeline to another.
We are calling on Comparative Biosciences to release all 33 Ridglan beagles immediately and allow them to be placed with qualified rescue organizations and loving families.
These puppies have done nothing wrong.
They did not volunteer for science.
They cannot consent.
They cannot understand why they are being confined.
They cannot speak for themselves.
We must speak for them.
Let these 33 puppies be the last.
Let them leave the laboratory.
Let them experience sunlight, grass, affection, toys, treats, and a real home.
FREE THE 33 RIDGLAN BEAGLES.
END THE LABORATORY PIPELINE.
LET SCIENCE MOVE FORWARD—AND LET THESE PUPPIES GO HOME.
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Petition created on August 15, 2026