ANNOUNCEMENT
Executive Producer: Sadie Frost
UK FEB 2026
Interviews
- Prof Andrew Knight (Veterinary Professor of Animal Welfare)
- Tom Harris (Author and Public Speaker on Direct Action)
- Wayne Hsiung (Lawyer and Animal Rights Activist)
- Rose Patterson (Animal Rising Cofounder)
U.S. MARCH 2026
Interviews
- Dr Alka Chandna (PETA US)
- Prof Eric Sandgren (Animal Researcher)
- Gary Yourofsky (Animal Rights Educator)
- Scott Gilbertson (Ridglan Farms Whistleblower)
Events
- Pre Ridglan Training Seminar
- Ridglan Farm Open Rescue (We missed it!)
Interviews
- Kim & Charlotte (Rescue Beagle)
- Rebekah & Jamie (Dane4Dogs Co-founders)
U.S. APRIL 2026
Events
- Ridglan Farms Open Rescue
- Ridglan Farms Vigil
BACK HOME IN THE UK
Events
- WDAIL, Trafalgar Square
- Petition Debate, Parliament Square
- Who Let The Docs Out filmmakers event
- Lawyers For Animals launch event
Interviews
- Prof Andrew Knight – Take 2
- Dr Alice Brough (Veterinary Consultant)
INTENSIVE
The run of documentary interviews and event filming over the last 6 months have felt like an intensive training course but with real world stakes. Looking back at the list I can’t believe what we have achieved, especially whilst running the retreat and animal sanctuary at home.
RIDGLAN RESCUE IN MARCH
We went to Ridglan Farms in the US in March to film the audacious open rescue. Having travelled from the UK to the US, and not getting the call to inform us of the tactically early, surprise descent on the breeding site, was a crushing disappointment. We had an interview booked for that morning with a vet tech and her rescue beagle who were travelling to meet us at our apartment for the filming.
We thought about cancelling the interview and making a dash for it, a 45 minute drive to Ridglan Farms. But with a hail storm, icy roads, and my only prior US driving experience being the 10 minutes from airport to apartment, we decided it would be too risky and that we should continue with the interview.
I’m glad we did despite still processing the blow of being so close, yet not present, for the momentous occasion we had planned and worked so hard for. Organising our departure from our animal sanctuary in the UK to Wisconsin was a mission in itself, even before the next mission of filming in unknown territory, unpredictable weather and a pioneering direct action event.
At the very moment that the Ridglan beagles were being carried to freedom through the hail and lightning storm, we were in the presence of animal divinity, a beautiful rescue beagle named Charlotte.
AND WE WENT BACK IN APRIL…
This time we made sure we would be at the rescue, whenever it happened. We were stationed 15 minutes away and in confidential contact with the core organising team. We were one of the first cars on site that morning where rescue was taking place, once again, by surprise descent.
We had deligently prepared for everything…except being stopped by police on arrival, scrambling onto a site encircled with armed police and security, and then choking on tear gas and dodging rubber bullets as the chaotic seige-like scenes played out around us.
Returning to the site the next day for the vigil, we had to park some way up the road due to police road blocks. On the walk down to the site, the after effects of the tear gas exposure were starting to take hold on Jacqui. She was having to stop frequently to catch her breath.
WDAIL – AGAIN
It took Jacqui the first week home to fully recover from that and then we were off to London to film the World Day For Animals march in Trafalgar Square, plus a film makers event, the parliamentary petition debate and the Lawyers For Animals launch event in
WDAIL marks one year since our first day of filming.
I gave a short talk on the documentary and what we had witnessed at Ridglan Farms. I was on right after Rose Patterson who opened the talks and I was sure to give due credit to her husband Wayne Hsiung who, along with an incredible team, had orchestrated both rescue actions at Ridglan Farms.
CARDIAC WARD
It’s now a sunday afternoon in Bristol, and we’ve just got Jacqui back home after two nights in a cardiac ward where she was admitted for palpitations and ECG patterns partially related to heart failure. After the full works of blood tests and heart scans, they didn’t find anything structurally wrong and had no explanation for the ECG pattern.
We have put it down to stress and tear gas exposure. She continues to improve at home, taking it very easy and having swapped the caffeine containing matchas for organic smoothies.
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