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The Ridgeland Beagles struggle to adjust. - Catherine - 06-07-2026
Over 1500 Beagles were rescued from Ridgeland lab breeding facility. They are being placed in homes, whenever possible homes with rescue dog experience.
These Beagles are not ordinary dogs. They have had no experience with normal life. It is not just that they haven't walked on grass. They have had no normal dog socialization. Living with one of these dogs is a challenge. They may never be able to respond normally as a dog.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/jun/04/beagle-rescue-foster-adopt
It takes a special person to rescue a lab dog. It is hard work to try and give them a normal life.
We like to think of the dogs living happy, healthy lives after their rescue. The people taking them in are doing the best they can.
They will give the dogs as good a life as the dogs can handle, but they are so emotionally and socially damaged that it will always be hard.
We should not be able to do things like this to dogs in the first place. All Beagle breeding facilities need to be closed before more dogs suffer cruelty and are left damaged.
RE: The Ridgeland Beagles struggle to adjust. - LPC - 06-10-2026
From the article you cited, Catherine:
When Elroy came home, “he would just shake and face the wall”, she recalls: “He was terrified of humans.”
...and that is no surprise. Humans deprived them of a normal puppy upbringing, never seeing grass or trees, never experiencing a normal home. Then, after doing all that, the scientists used them for cruel and often painful experiments, finally killing them when no longer useful.
As for those people offering homes to these poor beagles - they deserve medals. They will have to deal with so many settling-in problems: initial fear and uncertainty, house training, feeding and walking routines, socialisation with other humans and other animals, to name just a few.
This story once again shows the great variation in human nature: some people heartless and cruel, others kind and caring.
RE: The Ridgeland Beagles struggle to adjust. - Catherine - 06-10-2026
Quote:This story once again shows the great variation in human nature: some people heartless and cruel, others kind and caring.
Humans are the ones that hurt the dogs and humans are the ones who are helping them.
I just hope that there are more of the helpers than the hurters.
I know the last documentary I saw about lab animals, interviewed workers in the labs, and they want it to stop. One of the researchers quit and went to work for PETA.
Maybe testing on animals will end when people are no longer willing to do it.
Until then, amazing humans will step up to help the victims of the animal testing industry.
RE: The Ridgeland Beagles struggle to adjust. - Aussienan - 06-13-2026
I've been following them on Facebook some are doing o.k some not they've had some terrible things done to them.
RE: The Ridgeland Beagles struggle to adjust. - Catherine - 06-14-2026
I am glad to hear that some of them are doing okay.
They have had such terrible lives, with little socialization.
I am sure the people with the most traumatized dogs will keep working to until they are
happy and able to enjoy their new lives.