Save the Beagles: Shut Down MBR Acres

MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments. More reliable and ethical alternatives exist, but these dogs are still being tortured in the name of science.

This is the UK’s chance to be a global leader in modern, humane testing methods that save lives without cruelty. It’s time to shut down MBR Acres for good.

MBR Acres is a house of horrors. Behind its locked gates in Huntingdon, over 2,000 beagle puppies are bred every year, only to be used, abused, and killed in the name of “science.” You can help us end this forever.

Some puppies are bled and dissected on-site, their organs harvested. Others are shipped off for toxicology testing, where they suffer unimaginable pain - poisoned, force-fed chemicals, then killed.

But this doesn’t need to happen. MBR Acres does not need to kill puppies. Scientists have already created new testing methods that can replace these beagles today!

Here are the powerful, proven alternatives to animal testing:

  • Organ-on-a-chip technology
  • AI and advanced computer modelling
  • Human cell-based testing

These methods are more accurate, more ethical, and they don’t require animal cruelty.

This needless suffering is why in 2022, Animal Rising rescued 23 puppies from MBR Acres. This year, the 20 rescuers will be taken to court, pleading not guilty to “burglary.”  This is the year animal testing will be put on trial.

There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments. And that is why we are calling for the Home Office to phase out animal testing, starting by immediately closing MBR Acres and advocating for investment into modern testing methods which are ethical and more reliable.

The UK has a chance to lead the world in modern, humane science by investing in cutting-edge alternatives like AI and organ-on-a-chip technology. It's time for the government to put our scientists, our economy, and our values first. By backing innovation instead of cruelty, we can protect the animals we love and spare countless lives, human and non-human alike.

Please join us in calling for the Home Office to safely rehome the beagles and shut down MBR Acres once and for all.

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  • Lasara Mills
    signed 2026-05-15 20:16:20 +0100
  • Fiona Turp
    signed 2026-05-15 20:13:08 +0100
    Just stop ✋️ this !!!!!!!
  • Anne Johnston
    signed 2026-05-15 20:07:35 +0100
  • Danielle Wakefield
    signed 2026-05-15 20:01:02 +0100
    Shut down MBR acres forever, safely rehome all animals and end animal testing.
  • Tom Raber
    signed 2026-05-15 19:48:47 +0100
  • Ruth Dunstan
    signed 2026-05-15 19:44:23 +0100
  • Lynsey Thomas
    signed 2026-05-15 19:30:44 +0100
    This heartbreaking outdated practice needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. How, in 2026 are we still using these barbaric methods. It’s just torturous cruelty and it must stop.
  • Jo McArthur
    signed 2026-05-15 19:24:38 +0100
    Stop this horrendous cruelty!
  • Kitty Hughes
    signed 2026-05-15 19:13:05 +0100
  • Carole Mountford Cope
    signed 2026-05-15 19:12:24 +0100
    We are living in 2026, there is technology that exists along with the capability to develop new technology. Surely this is the way forward. As a species, humans are able and should use their brains to enable testing everything, without using other species on the planet, that scientists and industries considered inferior and disposable.

    We need to do better.
  • Bradley Searle
    signed 2026-05-15 19:09:29 +0100
  • Mar Curtis
    signed 2026-05-15 19:07:23 +0100
    When freed please publish details of how they can be rehomed x
  • Burgon Burgon
    signed 2026-05-15 19:03:04 +0100
  • Ray Uriarte
    signed 2026-05-15 18:56:43 +0100
  • Katie Weetman
    signed 2026-05-15 18:56:31 +0100
  • Beverley horner
    signed 2026-05-15 18:56:17 +0100
  • Sara Pemberton
    signed 2026-05-15 18:51:49 +0100
  • jessa young
    signed 2026-05-15 18:43:24 +0100
  • Oliver Medina
    signed 2026-05-15 18:43:16 +0100
  • Felicity Taylor
    signed 2026-05-15 18:35:20 +0100
  • Barbara Cannon
    signed 2026-05-15 18:32:09 +0100
  • Sarah Birley
    signed 2026-05-15 18:28:09 +0100
  • Tracey Syndercombe
    signed 2026-05-15 18:16:05 +0100
    Needs to stop
  • Lynn Eckersley
    signed 2026-05-15 18:12:13 +0100
  • Lynne Koenigsberg
    signed 2026-05-15 18:08:09 +0100
  • Justine Forster
    signed 2026-05-15 18:00:31 +0100
    Stop this barbaric, inhumane practices. There are alternatives. Stop sanctioning the abuse and maltreatment of sentient beings.
  • Hazel Clempner Clempner
    signed 2026-05-15 17:57:52 +0100
  • Janice Williams
    signed 2026-05-15 17:57:00 +0100
  • Emma Poole
    signed 2026-05-15 17:43:14 +0100
    Testing on animals is vile and cruel and needs to be ended forever.
  • Ally Robertson
    signed 2026-05-15 17:31:07 +0100