About

The campaign in one paragraph.

Save the Dogs is a campaign to free the dogs at Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin and to end the breeding of dogs and other animals for laboratory testing in the United States. This site exists to make it easy for any visitor to type their address and reach the federal, state, and local officials who can act — with the right ask, in their own words, today.

Find your officials

Type your address

We'll show you the federal, state, and local officials who represent you — with phone numbers and tailored talking points. Most people know their president; few know their state senator or county supervisor, and those are often who can actually move on this.

The three fronts

Federal

End the breeding of animals for testing

Stop federal funding and support for outdated animal testing. Push HHS, NIH, and the FDA toward non-animal methods. Reps. Mark Pocan (WI-2) and Nicholas Langworthy (NY-23) have led; every senator and representative should follow.

New York · Marshall

Bigger, global, and next

Marshall BioResources, near Rochester, is the largest research-animal breeder in North America — a global supplier with colonies in the U.S., U.K., France, and China, breeding beagles, ferrets, cats, and minipigs. Advocates estimate ~23,000 dogs at any time.

Wisconsin · Ridglan

Free the dogs. Finish the job.

Ridglan agreed to surrender its Wisconsin breeding license by July 1, 2026; rescue groups have an agreement to purchase ~1,500 of the beagles held there. Get every remaining dog out alive.

The Ridglan situation

Ridglan Farms is a state-licensed beagle breeder in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin that breeds dogs for laboratory research. State and advocacy investigations have documented hundreds of code violations over the years.

On April 18, 2026, the Dane County Sheriff's Office deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and OC spray against more than a thousand nonviolent rescuers attempting to free dogs from the facility, and arrested dozens. Approximately 2,000 beagles remain inside.

Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has announced it will accept Ridglan's voluntary license surrender on July 1, 2026; the campaign argues the agency should revoke now and that every remaining dog must be allowed to live. Rescue groups have an agreement to purchase ~1,500 of the dogs.

Why Marshall is the next major target

Marshall BioResources operates colonies in the U.S. (North Rose, NY), the U.K., France, and China. They breed beagles, ferrets, cats, and minipigs and sell them into the global animal-testing supply chain.

Where Ridglan is one Wisconsin facility, Marshall represents the system. It is the largest research-animal breeder in North America. Advocates estimate ~23,000 dogs at any time. The story Ridglan made visible plays out at Marshall at much greater scale.

Ridglan was not the end. It was the beginning. Marshall is bigger, global, and next.

What this site tracks

  • Find your reps → Type any U.S. address. The site geocodes it and returns the federal, state, and local officials whose districts contain that point — with phone numbers, email, and tailored talking points based on where each official can act.
  • People → The roster of officials we actively track — federal executive, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, plus Wisconsin statewide, Wisconsin Legislature, and Dane County Board. Color-coded by stance.
  • The law → Plain-English explainer of the federal, state, and international legal framework: the Animal Welfare Act (covers ~5% of lab animals), the FDA Modernization Acts, Beagle Freedom Laws, the EU Directive (covers 100% of vertebrates), and the agency guidances that drive demand for beagles.

How it's built

The roster of officials, district boundaries, and per-person contact info are drawn from public records: U.S. Census TIGER shapefiles, the Congressional Bioguide, the OpenStates dataset for state legislators, and direct hand-curation for Wisconsin and Dane County. Tier classifications (champion / ally / reachable / opposed) reflect documented public actions and voting records — not opinions.

When a visitor's state has a curated focus (Wisconsin/Ridglan, New York/Marshall, plus a dozen others), the talking points are state-specific. Otherwise the messaging defaults to the federal fight with Marshall named as the next target.

Get in touch

Found a missing official, an outdated photo, a wrong vote, or a quote that needs a citation? Email john@savethedogs.io.

Legal-framework research drawn from freethebeagles.com/law. A project of savethedogs.io.

Find your officials

Type your address

We'll show you the federal, state, and local officials who represent you — with phone numbers and tailored talking points. Most people know their president; few know their state senator or county supervisor, and those are often who can actually move on this.