Ridglan, Cage-Free Eggs, and Dog Sled Delusion: Animal Abusers Having a Very Bad Week | Rising Anxieties

Mariann Sullivan returns with another serving of industry-grade anxiety, covering everything from animal rights extremism accusations and the Trump administration’s failed egg lawsuit to cultivated meat bans, dairy farmers who think new brushes make up for everything, and a New York Times writer who is absolutely certain her sled dogs are volunteers. It’s a lot — but that’s kind of the point.

In this episode:

• NABR vs. DxE at Ridglan — The biomedical research lobby hopes to dust off the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to go after activists who rescued beagles from a Wisconsin breeding facility
• California’s cage-free egg law survives (for now) — A federal judge dismisses the DOJ’s lawsuit, and even the egg industry quietly admits the real problem is bird flu, not housing regulations
• Florida bans cultivated meat, courts agree — Six states now have bans on a product not yet on store shelves
• Dairy farmer discovers cows like back scratches — one dairy insider is very proud of her new brush bristles and not thinking too hard about anything else
• The New York Times sled dog essay — the author knows exactly what her dogs are thinking, feeling, and hoping for, and Mariann has some thoughts about that

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