Activists Storm Beagle Breeding Facility, Arrests Made

0:00It's April 18th. This is Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Hundreds of animal rights activists stormed a beagle breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, over the weekend, but police shut them down hard. With tear gas and pepper spray, the crowd, numbering between 300 and 400, aimed to break in and rescue dogs from original infarms, where about 2,000 beagles are housed for research. Sheriff Calvin Barrett called his straight, no-peaceful vibes here. Protesters ignored protest zones, blocked roads, and tried busting through barricades like a manure trench, hay bales, and barbed wire. A few got past the fence, but couldn't reach the buildings, and the group's leader, Wayne Schung, from the coalition to save the original dogs, got arrested on site. This isn't their first rodeo. Back in March, activists broke in and snatched 30 dogs, leading to 27 arrests on trespassing charges. Meanwhile, someone even drove a pickup truck through the front gate, nearly hitting cops

1:02and staff, that driver got mad too. Ridgeland denies any mistreatment, saying no solid proof of abuse has ever surfaced. But last October, they cut a deal to drop their state breeding license by July 1st, dodging animal cruelty prosecution. Protest like this keep heating up the debate over animal research, with both sides digging in deeper as legal battles play out.