A new busload of beagles arrived at Big Dog Ranch Rescue on Wednesday night, pushing its total to almost 400 canines freed from a Wisconsin lab and prompting a Mother’s Day Adoption Special event.

HUTTO, Texas -- There was a reception around 4:30 p.m. in Hutto, Texas Tuesday that was fitting for a rock star but instead the excitement and anticipation was over seven beagles rescued from a laboratory near the Texas-Mexico border. A non-profit called ...