Thank Rep. Mark Pocan for working the federal funding lever.
Tap to call(608) 258-9800- Thank Rep. Mark Pocan for the April 2026 letter pressing HHS for an NIH grant moratorium on Class A dealers with active AWA citations.
- Thank Rep. Mark Pocan for being the long-running Madison-anchored ally on Ridglan.
- Ask them to keep using their voice — sign on to the Langworthy letter, name the labs, name the funders.
- Bring colleagues along. Class A grant moratorium needs Senate + House signatures.
What they've done on the live fights.
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- CosponsorHR-2632021-02-18congress.gov ↗Cosponsor of HR-263
💬 In their own words
“In my district, a beagle breeding facility called Ridglan Farms has hundreds of code violations, including serious harm to the health of the dogs, yet the NIH is still giving funding to groups that use the beagles from this facility. Today, I urged Secretary Kennedy to stop this practice.”
— X post · April 16, 2026“WI should start working with Ridglan Farms, a troubled WI breeder of beagles for research, to rehome 2,000 dogs now to give the dogs the lives they deserve. The breeder needs a plan to protect the dogs from inhumane treatment after a settlement agreement to close their breeding business.”
— X post · April 21, 2026“In my district, we have something called Ridglan Farms. That's a beagle breeder for research. They've had 311 code violations, including very serious harm to the health of the dogs.”
— News quote · April 16, 2026
🐶 What they did for the dogs
- April 2026: Wrote to HHS Sec. Kennedy demanding NIH stop funding research using Ridglan beagles
- April 2026: Pressed NIH leadership at a House hearing on beagle-testing policy
- April 2026: Publicly urged DATCP to work with Ridglan to rehome the 2,000 dogs before the breeding shutdown
- Career-long: Co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
🔍 Personal animal facts
- •Publicly vegetarian — has discussed his vegetarianism in interviews and on social media for years.
- •Lives with rescue dogs (notably "Sid" the rescue, frequently featured on his social media).
- •Co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus.