Authorities said hundreds of people were trying to \

Organizers say over 1,700 people are committed to nonviolence. In a statement, Ridglan Farms called the planned April 19 operation an illegal break-in.

Authorities said hundreds of people were trying to \

About 1,000 animal welfare activists faced rubber bullets and pepper spray as they tried to gain entry to a beagle breeding and research facility.

Activists were arrested and pepper-sprayed as they attempted to free beagles from a Wisconsin facility licensed to breed them for biomedical testing.