A quick note on Ridglan: Since publication of The Beagles Got Out. The Accountability Did Not., Big Dog Ranch Rescue founder Lauree Simmons has responded on social media by dismissing chain-of-custody questions as the work of “naysayers” and assuring the public that the rescued dogs are tracked and placed in loving homes.

Animal Politics did not argue that no tracking exists. The unresolved question is whether those systems can be independently reviewed. If this rescue is truly a model for the field, the field should be allowed to see the model.