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Food Heals

Undercover Hero Tells All: Whistleblower Scotty Gilbertson on the Beagles He Couldn’t Forget and the Freedom They Finally Deserve

Food Heals

Allison Melody

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8635 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Most people will never see what really happens behind closed doors inside a place like Ridglan Farms. Scotty Gilbertson did. Scotty is an undercover whistleblower who went inside the beagle breeding facility and witnessed cruelty most people could not imagine. He saw the cages. He saw the suffering. He bonded with the dogs. And instead of walking away, he exposed the truth. In this episode of Food Heals, Allison Melody is joined by co-host Ella Magers for an emotional conversation with Scotty Gilbertson, whose undercover footage and testimony helped ignite the movement to free the Ridglan Farms beagles. And the timing could not be more unbelievable. Minutes before this interview, the breaking news came in: the beagles are being released from Ridglan Farms. This is a massive full circle moment for Scotty. He has been exposing Ridglan, fighting for these dogs, and helping lead this rescue mission for years. He is the reason so many people finally saw what was happening behind those walls. For Allison and Ella, this news is also deeply personal. They were on the ground at Ridglan with Scotty. All three were tear-gassed. All three witnessed peaceful rescuers being met with violence. And all three refused to give up on the dogs still trapped inside. This episode captures the shock, the tears, the celebration, and the reality of what it took to get here. Scotty shares what he saw undercover, why he could not stay silent, and what it means to finally hear that the dogs he fought for may get the chance to feel the sun, touch the grass, and know love. This is a story about courage, whistleblowing, public pressure, animal rescue, and the power of people who refuse to look away. Because these beagles were never just part of a case. They were never just footage, headlines, or numbers. They are living, breathing souls who deserve the sun on their faces, grass beneath their paws, and a family to finally call their own. Follow: ⁠Scotty Gilberston: @scotty_gilby⁠ ⁠Ella Magers: @sexyfitvegan⁠ ⁠Allison Melody: @allisonmelodytv⁠ Links: Save the Dogs:https://www.savethedogs.io Born on Death Row documentary:https://www.bornondeathrow.com

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Now. My name is Scott Gilbertson. I went undercover at Ridgeland Farms to expose animal cruelty.

1:03.1

She told me that there's going to be a lot of blood. She told me just hold them as tight as you can.

1:10.1

They're going to be, you know, trying to thrash around.

1:12.9

I didn't exactly know what the procedure was, but she took the scissors and she cut the inflamed part, the cherry eye.

1:22.2

She just took a scissors straight to it and snipped it.

1:25.4

And blood just started going everywhere.

1:27.4

Most people will never

1:29.0

see what really happens behind closed doors in a place like Ridgeland Farms, but my guest today

1:35.3

did. Scotty Gilbertson went undercover inside this Beagle breeding facility and he saw the

1:43.0

unimaginable cruelty. And this is something he will never forget.

1:47.6

I will never forget. And now he is exposing it all. Plus, we're going to talk about the fact that

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