MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - A Dane County Board vote over the future of a controversial Blue Mounds dog breeder was delayed Thursday night — but that didn’t stop a flood of testimony and the facility’s first direct response.

Resolution 119 calls on state regulators to revoke the facility’s commercial license and place its more than 2,000 dogs into protective custody. Supervisors were set to vote, but after touring the farm Wednesday, and with a separate state enforcement hearing also delayed, they decided to hold off until next month.

Supervisor David Boetcher says walking into Ridglan Farms felt similar to visiting an animal shelter.

“Well, just like walking into Dane County Humane Society, you see animals in cages and it just kind of breaks your heart,” he said.

Boetcher noted the dogs

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