Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) 43cm (17in). This is a large, conspicuous & noisy kingfisher commonly found from Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America. Great photo taken by Daniel Stuhlpfarrer in Texas, USA #kingfisher #wildlife #nature #bird

The Grand National is back, but its time is running out As the Grand National returns to Aintree, a new report reveals the scale of harm behind the spectacle - and why public opinion is turning.

At the Grand National this week, horses are being pushed to their limits for profit and spectacle - bearing the cost in injuries, exhaustion, and sometimes their lives.
Read more ⬇️
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Pictogram titled "2,000 Beagles at Ridglan Farms." A dense grid of 2,000 paw print icons represents every beagle held at Ridglan Farms, a commercial breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Each icon represents one dog. The first 8 icons are green, representing beagles successfully rescued by activists on March 15, 2026. The next 22 are amber, representing dogs seized back by the Dane County Sheriff's Office. The remaining 1,970 icons are dark red, representing beagles still inside the facility. A narrative subtitle explains that organizers plan to return on April 19, 2026 with 2,000 rescuers — one for every dog. Dark background with serif title typography.

2,000 paw prints.
Each one is a real beagle still inside Ridglan Farms.
Day 2 of #30DayChartChallenge 2026: Pictogram 🐾
Interactive: nicolelily.github.io/pictogram/
#DataViz #DataJournalism #SaveTheDogs

Neither System Sees the Dog What Pit Bull Bans and a Beagle Farm Have in Common

Neither System Sees the Dog: What Pit Bull Bans and a Beagle Farm Have in Common #savethedogs open.substack.com/pub/bsldb/p/...

Salina votes to keep pit bull ban in place Tuesday, Feb. 24, is the day for a special election to decide if the City of Salina should repeal its 22-year-old ordinance banning pit bulls.

Sadly, Salina, KS residents voted to keep their pit bull ban.
www.kwch.com/2026/02/23/h...

I love the idea of doing open rescue of humans at ICE facilities. You should organize it!

Animal Advocates Rescue Dogs, Shatter the “Lab Dog” Lie Animal advocates rescued 22 dogs from Ridglan Farms, exposing the “lab dog” myth and the system that breeds dogs for experimentation.

On Sunday, animal advocates carried beagles out of Ridglan Farms and into freedom.
What the dogs showed us next shatters a dangerous myth perpetuated by the animal research industry: that “lab dogs” are somehow different from the dogs we love at home.
riseforanimals.org/news/ridglan...
#animalrights

Mais de 50 ativistas invadiram um criadouro de beagles, levando 23 cães, mas + de 20 pessoas foram presas. Eles vêm tentando há anos fechar a
Fazenda Ridglan, que cria beagles e que abriu mão de sua licença para vender cães para pesquisa até julho, para encerrar investigação estadual

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds

Opinion | This is no way to treat humans’ best friend Dogs have been bred for centuries to be our companions. We should not use them for painful experiments.

Last year, Mark Bekoff and Jane Goodall wrote about the plight of the Ridglan beagles. 🎁🔗 wapo.st/4bFRIr2

Ford Center dog breed ban prompts VHS to cancel Thunderbolts fundraiser The Ford Center cited liability concerns after barring pit bulls and Rottweilers from a dog-friendly game, prompting several animal shelters to withdraw.

"We cannot participate in anything that discriminates against the dogs that we help," Coburn told the Courier & Press. "That's the majority of the dogs that VHS serves."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Waldo 248292
Relisted TBK 3/17
#NYCACC #RescueOnly
He is a handsome 3 yr old
Fearful in care
Allows minimal handling
Needs exp all adult home
Help save Waldo!
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#Pledge4Rescue #foster #adopt

Could syncing medical treatment with circadian rhythms improve outcomes? A growing field of research suggests that some medical treatments, such as cancer therapy or vaccines, might be more effective when given at certain times of the day

A growing field of research suggests that some medical treatments, such as cancer therapy or vaccines, might be more effective when given at certain times of the day

Can dogs be considered “persons” under the law ? The very old law that might just save these beagles.

Proud to see our case featured in @vox.com. We're fighting for 2,000 beagles confined and subjected to cruelty at Ridglan Farms. We hope the article inspires more people to consider the issue of nonhuman animals' rightlessness: https://bit.ly/4blHpIz

Animals shouldn't have to be 'cute' to be respected! 🙏

#animals #animallover #loveanimals

Book talk tonight in Denver, ya'll. (I've always wanted to be invited to this type of salon!) Drinks and apps and conversation. Register and join us!
#beagles, #booksky 💙📚
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Contact authorities & demand that they protect the Ridglan dogs

You can reach
Tim Gruenke
tim.gruenke@da.wi.gov 608-785-9604.

Marci Kurtz MKurtz@cityofmadison.com 608-266-4511

It’s enough to politely say “It’s unacceptable that you’ve failed to protect the Ridglan dogs. Please change course.”

On the Movement to Free Dogs at Ridglan Farms What is happening to the dogs inside Ridglan Farms is a moral emergency. These are beagles—living, thinking, feeling beings—who have been reduced to ID codes and treated as disposable merchandise. The...

Statement from Rise for Animals: On the Movement to Free Dogs at Ridglan Farms

riseforanimals.org/news/stateme...

Please share these posts to your network!!
RIDGLAN WAS CONVICTED OF ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ORDERED TO RELEASE 3000 dogs.
Create a pressure campaign on Ridglan by SHARING WIDELY! FORCE THEM TO RELEASE THE DOGS TO THE RESCUE GROUPS!

Just had one of the most intense experiences of my life watching activists break beagles out of Ridglan, one of the biggest breeders of dogs for animal experimentation. Here are police who showed up to stop them, dragging one of the dogs into their car:

💔💔💔

OPINION: Vote Yes to Repeal the Breed Specific Ban KSAL is your number one source for salina local news, weather, sports, auctions.

#Salina, #Kansas folks! you should be receiving your ballot to vote to repeal or retain the unfair and unscientific ban on pit bull dogs in your community. www.ksal.com/opinion-vote...

Bird flu kills 10th dolphin in Florida's Indian River Lagoon Bird flu has killed 10 bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, making it a global hotspot for the virus in marine mammals.

#ProtectDolphins #SaveOurSeas 💙🐬Sadly, "Bird Flu kills 10th Dolphin in Florida Indian River Lagoon" (by Jim Wagner, Florida Today news, FEB 2026). www.floridatoday.com/story/news/l...

The image shows two illustrated milk cartons side by side. The left carton is blue with the text "DON'T BELIEVE" and depicts a pastoral scene with cows grazing in a field. The right carton is red with the text "IN DAIRY TALES" and shows industrial elements like a factory and a cow with barcode patterns, implying a contrast between idyllic farm imagery and commercial dairy production. There's a credit to "lauraklinke_art" on Instagram.

Dairy cows suffer repeated violations and loss of their newborns. Their calves may become "veal", or like their mothers, be trapped in a cycle of forced pregnancy and milk production, sold for cheap meat when "spent" 💔 #GoVegan 🐄

🎨 lauraklinke_art (IG)

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

3 years ago we rescued this 3 legged gremlin. Happy gotcha day Ruby ❤️

Not sure what to get your Valentine? Why not choose a gift that saves lives? 🐶❤️

Your donation of $25 or more will spread love & help BFP rescue, rehab, & rehome animals liberated from labs & other cruelty. 🥰🌹

Send one now: tinyurl.com/bdhnyjv9 💌

Public forum to be held highlighting deeper insight before pitbull ban vote Flyer from the Salina League of Women Voters Facebook page Salina Post

Residents of #Salina, #Kansas: On Feb. 3, 2026, the Salina League of Women Voters and Salina Tech Student Government Association will be holding a public forum before the upcoming special mail-in ballot concerning the amendment of pitbull breed-specific ordinance. salinapost.com/posts/0573db...

A judge has DISMISSED a lawsuit filed by puppy mill Ridglan Farms against local advocates Dane4Dogs. Read our full press release, with a link to the opinion, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Cat in a onesie shaped like a harvested leak bulb.

#CurrentMood: Leak Cat