Activism & Animals Active Updated Sep 11, 2026
The fight to close animal-testing breeders
Where it stands, Sep 11, 2026 PETA and We Animals released drone footage of Marshall BioResources' 103-acre compound in North Rose, New York, showing 50 warehouses confining roughly 16,000 beagles along with ferrets, cats and minipigs bred for lab sale.
Sustained activist pressure permanently closed Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin beagle-and-ferret breeder that supplied US labs, and campaigners are now turning to Marshall BioResources, a larger lab-animal supplier, with a 207-mile march to its gates. Four activists face felony charges carrying up to 31 years in prison over a March 15 rescue action at Ridglan, testing how far criminal prosecution can go in deterring direct pressure on the industry.
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Sep 11, 2026 Latest
PETA and We Animals released drone footage of Marshall BioResources' 103-acre compound in North Rose, New York, showing 50 warehouses confining roughly 16,000 beagles along with ferrets, cats and minipigs bred for lab sale. Whistleblowers said some beagles wear inhalation masks so the company can charge more for dogs trained to tolerate poison-gas testing, and PETA asked the USDA to revoke Marshall's dealer license.
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Aug 17, 2026
Sustained activist pressure permanently closed Ridglan Farms, a beagle-and-ferret breeder supplying US labs, as the 207-mile March to Abolish Animal Testing prepared to depart Albany, New York for Marshall BioResources' gates next month. Four activists face felony charges carrying up to 31 years in prison over a March 15 rescue action at Ridglan, and campaigners are organizing to intervene on more than 40,000 dogs destined for US labs by the end of 2026.
This fight, in numbers
Every sourced figure the brief has published on this storyline, newest first.
- 16,000 dogs currently confined in Marshall BioResources' New York warehouses
- 50 warehouses spread across a 103-acre compound the company could fit 93 football fields into
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