WHERE ARE THE BEAGLES MERCK?!DxE activists DISRUPTED a Merck-sponsored award ceremony at the AVMA Convention yesterday to demand they release the 54 beagles they purchased from Ridglan Farms at the end of April. While rescue groups were finalizing a deal to secure the release of the over 2,000 abused dogs at Ridglan, the pharmaceutical company Merck went ahead and acquired 54 of them to torture in their laboratories.