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Members of Congress sent letter about Wisconsin’s Ridglan Farms to RFK

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A May 26 letter signed by 34 members of Wisconsin’s U.S. House of Representatives, including Democrat Mark Pocan, in whose district Ridglan Farms is located, called on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to “ensure that no taxpayer dollars are being used to fund the mistreatment of animals, that all of the animals at Ridglan Farms find a safe and loving home, and to prevent any situation like this from happening again.”

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Wisconsin’s Ridglan Farms beagle facility decides to shut down Blue Mounds operation

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Ridglan Farms, the beleaguered dog breeder and scientific research facility that has been the target of relentless opposition from animal activists, will sell and donate all its remaining beagles, the company announced June 15.
Established in 1966, Ridglan has operated as a biomedical and veterinary medicine company for 60 years. It has relinquished more than 1,000 dogs in recent months following a string of protests, break-ins, threats, thefts and mounting public, legal, and political pressure.

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Better understand your hunting optics to get better performance

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For nearly 1,000 years, we’ve worked to improve our vision.
Italian monks made eyeglasses by the 13th century. In the 1600s, seafarers gazed at distant shores through spyglasses. The first telescope was patented in 1608. Many credit Benjamin Franklin with inventing bifocals. Even thermal technology has roots going back more than a century.
Today, anyone else who wants to see the wild world better has an array of options, from eyeglasses to optics that seem like something from science fiction.

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Wisconsin CWD bills are killed, but life may still flicker

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Last year, State Assembly Rep. Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) and State Senator Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) introduced what they called a “CWD prevention package” containing three bills that aimed “to combat, monitor, and increase awareness around chronic wasting disease (CWD).”
Those bills ended up dying in committee and did not make it to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers, but Jacobson said the bills could return during a future session.

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Wisconsin’s Casting for Kids Fishing Tournament to pass $1M raised to fight cancer

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The eighth annual Casting for Kids Fishing Tournament will take place Saturday, May 16, on lakes Kegonsa, Monona, Mendota, and Waubesa with the expectation that this year the fundraising event will surpass $1 million to fight childhood cancer.
Founded by Mark Osiecki, the event was created to help children who are fighting cancer at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center and American Family’s Children’s Hospital in Madison.

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25 arrested in second attack on Wisconsin’s Ridglan Farms dog facility

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Sirens bawled across the countryside Saturday, April 18, as law enforcement from 17 agencies raced to the town of Blue Mounds to stem an unprecedented tide of animal activists who once again broke into Ridglan Farms, a scientific research and dog breeding facility there.
“It was clear from the beginning that this was not going to be a peaceful protest,” said Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett.

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USDA to open new Forest Service office in Madison

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service plans to open what it calls an “operational service center” in Madison as part of a sweeping – and still somewhat mysterious – restructuring that will also move the agency’s national headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah, the USDA announced March 31.

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Animal rights activists bust into Wisconsin facility, taking dogs

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Approximately 20 people were arrested on Sunday, March 15 after a group of self-proclaimed “dog lovers” stormed a breeding facility in rural Dane County, Wisconsin.
The activists, many from out of state, bashed locks and climbed through windows to “rescue” beagles from the business.

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What to know about restoring wetlands for fish, fowl

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“In many cases, improvements are visible within days or weeks,” said Brad Heidel, executive director of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association (WWA). “Far sooner than with many other types of habitat restoration. Opportunities often come from past human alterations to the landscape.

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