Flock cams and shutting down the beagle breeding facility with La Crosse DA Tim Gruenke

About this episode

The episode discusses Flock cameras and the shutdown of a beagle breeding facility with La Crosse DA Tim Gruenke.

A discussion about Flock cameras, the role he played in shutting down the Ridgland Farms beagle breeding facility and La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke's thoughts after his office put away Josie Dikeman for the death of a 6-year-old. Those were the topics we covered Wednesday on the Rick Solem Show with Gruenke, who we learned has a beagle himself. But we started with the scope of the Dikeman trial in La Crosse County, after she was convicted in the death of a 6-year-old in her care. After that, we discussed Gruenke's role as a special prosecutor against that beagle breeding and testing facility. Why he was given the job, after the Dane County DA refused to charge Ridgland Farms. And how it all led to 1,500 of the 2,000 beagles there being freed. Lastly, we talked Flock cameras, what they are, how they help and the issues people have with them. One of those was abuse of that info, where Gruenke talks about how governments and private businesses have a lot of our information, and how that needs to be protected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Rick Solem

Guest: Tim Gruenke

Topics covered

• Flock cameras
• beagle breeding facility
• La Crosse DA
• Josie Dikeman trial
• animal welfare
• legal proceedings

Keywords

• Flock cameras
• beagle breeding
• Tim Gruenke
• Josie Dikeman
• animal welfare
• legal issues
• La Crosse County

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ridgland Farms, La Crosse County District Attorney

Products: Flock cameras

Places: La Crosse County, La Crosse

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