In a daring and costly mission dubbed Operation Freedom Fetchers, Wyoming’s Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary has begun the process of rescuing 47 beagles from a research facility in China — dogs believed to be connected to American-owned or funded experiments.
The first group of ten beagles touched down in Los Angeles on August 25, after a grueling flight from Shanghai, a night at a Centers for Disease Control quarantine facility, and a 20-hour van ride to the sanctuary in Hartville, Wyoming.
Freedom is here!
10 brave beagles just landed in LA, starting their healing at Kindness Ranch. Help us care for them—please donate!
#OperationFreedomFetchers #BeagleRescue #KindnessInAction #Run2TheRescue #AdoptDontShop #FromChinaWithLove pic.twitter.com/q4uypCeuT9
— Kindness Ranch (@kindnessranch) August 26, 2025
For sanctuary director John Ramer, the moment was bittersweet.
“This isn’t just about ten dogs. It’s about exposing the secrecy and cruelty of billion-dollar institutions that profit off the suffering of man’s best friend,” he said in a Facebook post.
Ramer first learned of the beagles in May, when a contact at the group White Coat Waste alerted him to their plight and connected him with others involved in the rescue attempt. After securing video proof and documentation, Kindness Ranch agreed to take on the challenging and costly rescue.
The CDC has limited intake to ten dogs at a time, meaning Ramer and his team must make four more exhausting round-trip journeys from Wyoming to California to rescue the remaining 37 beagles from China. “It’s an obstacle course of bureaucracy and profiteering,” Ramer admitted, “but these dogs deserve freedom, not cages.”
As Ramer recently explained to Laura Loomer, the 1,200-acre Kindness Ranch is the nation’s only sanctuary dedicated solely to the rehabilitation of former lab animals. The group has rescued more than 2,000 dogs, cats, rabbits, and other animals from testing facilities across the U.S. and abroad.
Since May, 126 beagles have been rescued from taxpayer-funded animal testing labs, thanks to the work of @KindnessRanch and its Executive Director, John Ramer. By the end of July, every single one of these dogs will be placed with one of Kindness Ranch’s partner organizations and… pic.twitter.com/FL4BXvKOkC
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) July 6, 2025
Ramer has teamed up for years with White Coat Waste, a watchdog group that has uncovered how American taxpayers have been forced to bankroll horrific experiments on pets. WCW reports that at least 18 animal labs in China are still eligible to receive U.S. taxpayer dollars and that some of these labs are controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and collaborate with the People’s Liberation Army.
As of this AM, 18 labs in China that experiment on dogs & other animals are @NIH-approved to receive US tax dollars
Many of the labs are run by or tied to the Chinese Communist Party & military
We’re working w/@RepLisaMcClain @SenJoniErnst @RepNancyMace to cut the $ #AFARAct https://t.co/uQFHqg2rmd pic.twitter.com/DOZQMq1FQu
— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) September 6, 2025
Last year, Kindness Ranch rescued and rehomed over a dozen cats from a University of California, Davis lab funded by Dr. Anthony Fauci that was shut down due to a WCW investigation. Two of the cats, Marigold and Mochi, were adopted by WCW staff.
It’s #NationalCatDay!
This year has been a ROARING success for WCW’s campaign to get the government out of the cat testing business!
We saved Marigold from NIH-funded experiments & she just celebrated her first birthday outside of the lab (with WCW’s founder)! pic.twitter.com/p6cZW650t1
— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) October 29, 2024
Ramer and his own beagle, Uno — saved from a notorious breeder that supplied dogs to government-funded labs — have joined WCW on Capitol Hill numerous times to demand an end to taxpayer-funded animal cruelty and push for adoption of former lab animals. They’ve won the support of many lawmakers, including Wyoming’s U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA).
Thank you @SenRandPaul!
We’re so proud to work with you to cut wasteful spending on animal tests & hold Dr. Fauci accountable for funding the torture of beagles like Uno & dangerous gain-of-function experiments in labs worldwide pic.twitter.com/ZlXRL8H9MF
— White Coat Waste (@WhiteCoatWaste) December 12, 2024
President Donald Trump’s first administration supported the retirement of lab animals, releasing cats, dogs, and primates from federal labs exposed by the WCW.
Kindness Ranch and WCW are trying to save as many animals as possible this time around as well.
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