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Blue Ridge Kennel, a laboratory in Alabama that uses dogs in grim companion animal product tests, is a demonstrably provable hellhole that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has repeatedly cited for animal welfare violations that span an array of horrors.
Since 2020, USDA inspectors have cited Blue Ridge 86 times for violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. But no matter how many citations it racks up, conditions there don’t improve.
So we need your help to pressure USDA to show some teeth by seizing the long-suffering dogs imprisoned in this miserable facility—a good first step toward shutting it down.
Three dogs—Preston, Star, and Shakira—were so emaciated that their ribs, backbones, and hip bones were clearly visible. Some dogs were left outside in the heat without access to water, while other dogs needing veterinary care, including a 12-year-old yellow Labrador named Blue who could barely stand or walk, were left to suffer. Another Lab, named Party Girl, had severe dental disease and two mammary masses—one an inch wide—that the facility left untreated.
A yellow Lab named Sunny suffered from a foul-smelling ear infection. Multiple dogs had been diagnosed with thyroid issues but were months overdue for treatment. Blue Ridge’s parasite prevention plan for the facility’s dogs was inadequate, but it wasn’t being followed anyway. Rusty metal protrusions in the dogs’ pens posed a risk of injury to the animals.