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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Liz Morales
    signed 2026-01-16 06:47:32 +0000
  • Sewmini Rathnayake
    signed 2026-01-16 06:47:03 +0000
  • Carice Remijn
    signed 2026-01-16 06:46:45 +0000
  • Elizara Bakalova
    signed 2026-01-16 06:46:07 +0000
  • Nenee Fontaine
    signed 2026-01-16 06:45:43 +0000
    Stop using animals for your own test subjects. It’s wrong and awful, they have feelings like us. My dog is a beagle crossed with a pug (pugle) but I bet if he knew these dogs that are basically his family we’re getting tortured like this, he’d be disappointed in the world.
  • Jazmine Navarro
    signed 2026-01-16 06:44:46 +0000
  • Mel Naylor-White
    signed 2026-01-16 06:44:32 +0000
  • jaren tiedke
    signed 2026-01-16 06:44:12 +0000
    save them
  • Penny Allott
    signed 2026-01-16 06:43:40 +0000
  • Emily Apodaca
    signed 2026-01-16 06:43:27 +0000
  • Jennifer Ransom
    signed via 2026-01-16 06:43:12 +0000
    These creatures don’t deserve to be treated like this. There has to be another way to test important drugs

    Cosmetics are not needed. You have no right to do this to something that feels pain like they do. This is not humane !
  • Katelyn Castillo
    signed 2026-01-16 06:42:57 +0000
  • Nicol Andreina Guzman
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  • Aeris Bugnosen
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  • Lucia Galang
    signed 2026-01-16 06:39:47 +0000
  • Gemma Heaney
    signed 2026-01-16 06:38:58 +0000
    Stop killing innocent animals now it’s barbaric
  • Black Qin
    signed 2026-01-16 06:38:58 +0000
    STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!
  • Alyssa Gatica
    signed 2026-01-16 06:38:54 +0000
  • Michelle Kelly
    signed 2026-01-16 06:38:50 +0000
    We do not have the same biology as dogs or any other mammal so it’s pointless to test on these poor animals
  • anja rivera
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  • Sujeily Piña
    signed 2026-01-16 06:37:58 +0000
    End this cruelty
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    Stop Animal Testing and Cruelty