Welcome to The Our Hen House interview.

This is Jasmine Singer.

This is Mary Ann Sullivan.

And we're so excited today to be welcoming Rose Patterson to the podcast.

Rose is the director of Animal Rising in the UK, where she has led major campaigns and investigations

and direct actions, including blockades of McDonald's and dairy distribution centers,

the disruption of the grand national horse race, and the largest investigation in UK history

on RSPCA assured farms. So much to talk about.

Most recently, Rose was found not guilty for rescuing beagles from MBR Acres, which is a breeding facility for animal testing.

And I'm so excited that you're joining us today, Rose, welcome to our henhouse.

Hey, I'm so excited to be here. Thanks for having me.

We have a lot of questions.

Before we jump into them, I do want to remind our listeners and our viewers that the

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And today is actually our monthly flock Friday, where we invite members of our flock to join us for an interview and do a Q&A afterwards with the person we're interviewing.

And this is a very special one.

So if you're listening to this or watching this and you're interested in joining us, check out our henhouse.org slash support. Don't forget to hit subscribe and like wherever you listen or watch. So, Marian, why don't you kick us off? Yeah, I'd love to, Rose, welcome. I think probably a lot of our listeners are not in the UK, some of them are, but they

might not be as familiar with the work of Animal Rising as the people you often talk to. So can

just kind of give us the overview of the history and then we'll get into more detail. And obviously

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