A busload of beagles recently rescued from a research lab in Wisconsin have arrived in California looking for their forever home, as an animal activist in San Francisco faces felony charges for rescuing some of them before they were legally allowed to.
Out of 1,500 beagles thatwere rescued from Ridglan Farms, a researchlab that doubles as a beagle mill, a total of 50 arrived in the Bay Area in a school bus on Mother’s Day, after making the nearly 2,000 mile trek to start their life as free pups.
Videocaptured the momentvolunteers with the Northern California Beagle Rescuetook the pups off the bus for their first chance to touch grassand be real dogs outside of concrete and steel cages.
One of the volunteers, Wendy Lansdon, recalled walking on to the bus and seeing the pooches for the first time.
“Walking into the bus…I don’t want to start crying again. It was very emotional,”Lansdon told ABC 7. “And some of them, they’re really quiet.”
The pups will soon be adopted in homes across Northern California including, San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento.
“As the Ridglan Farms beagles arrived yesterday on Mother’s Day, applications for BOTH fostering and adoption are now officially CLOSED,” a post on social media from the group read.
“In just days, we received THOUSANDS of applications and secured enough loving homes for these deserving dogs.”
The organization said the rescue is now pivoting to focus on donations to help cover all the vet care the dogs are going to need, as some are underweight and many have bad dental problems.
“These beagles are arriving after lives spent in research facilities, and the road ahead will require extensive veterinary care, patience, decompression, and support.”
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