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Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

The Hen Report: “This Is It” | Inside the Ridglan Beagle Rescue

Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

Documentary, Education, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9579 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann are joined by open rescue pioneer Adam Durand to discuss the dramatic March 15th Ridglan Rescue — a coordinated action in which 100 activists descended on a Wisconsin beagle breeding facility supplying dogs to medical research labs, ultimately freeing 22 dogs despite reinforced doors, an aggressively blocking vehicle, and on-site arrests.…

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Hen Report.

0:07.5

This is Jasmine Singer.

0:09.0

This is Mary Ann Sullivan.

0:10.6

And this is such an exciting Hen Report episode for us.

0:14.2

And you'll know why in just a second.

0:15.9

But before we get to that, just a quick reminder, this is part of Our Hen House.

0:20.1

And the Our henhouse podcasts come

0:22.0

in multiple installments throughout your week rising anxieties tuesdays the hen report which is this

0:27.3

on thursdays and the long form interview is on fridays bonus content for flock members comes out on

0:33.1

mondays don't forget that we're a podcast and we're on YouTube. So hit subscribe, hit like,

0:38.7

hit comment. Don't hit comment. Leave a comment. And that would be great. We would really

0:44.4

appreciate that. Okay. Enough about that. We are so excited because we have a wingman with us today.

0:51.6

And that wingman is our friend Adam Durand.

1:11.0

And Marian White, oh, you have a typo here. Okay. I was like, it's not Durran, like Durand, Duran. It's Duran. Like, your note. Like nobody would know that I had a typo in the notes. Wait, wait, wait. Tell them there's a typo in the notes. Can I just tell you something? When I was a young child,

1:17.3

I thought my aunt was in Duran Duran because she had sweatpants that said Duran Duran,

1:22.4

and I was like four. Adam, do you remember Duran Duran from your early childhood as well?

1:27.3

That was a nickname when I was a kid. A lot of people call me that, especially older people. Like you, Jasmine. No, Adam and I are the same age. Adam and I are the same age. I mean now. Although I'm far more mature. That's what you would do now. Okay. That's what you just did do now. Okay. Okay. I don't know why you think these episodes are too long, Marian. I don't.

1:47.1

Adam Durand of Durand, Duran, is here with us today. Half of that statement is true.

1:53.8

Adam was here before on episode 847, and if you saw that, you know all about his long, badass history as a pioneer in open rescue,

2:03.7

particularly for his 2005 rescue mission into a Wegman's Egg Farm, for which he spent 35 days

2:11.6

in jail before being released by an appellate court. He's done a lot of other types of advocacy

2:17.3

and is a lead caregiver at

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