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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Maria Brown
    signed 2026-05-15 15:33:28 +0100
  • Glennis Rodgers
    signed 2026-05-15 15:30:40 +0100
  • Marilou Jung
    signed 2026-05-15 15:25:27 +0100
  • christine Hoxworth
    signed 2026-05-15 15:25:04 +0100
  • Debbie Harris
    signed 2026-05-15 15:25:00 +0100
  • Gary Schutt
    signed 2026-05-15 15:15:26 +0100
  • Alan Humphrey
    signed 2026-05-15 15:03:30 +0100
  • Michelle Graham- McMorrow
    signed 2026-05-15 15:02:43 +0100
    Shut down this cruel and inhumane torture factory now. Free the laboratory animals put and end to big pharma they profit from cruelty not scientific evidence
  • Kathy Millward
    signed 2026-05-15 14:53:14 +0100
  • Russell King
    signed 2026-05-15 14:47:59 +0100
  • Howard Best
    signed 2026-05-15 14:30:33 +0100
  • Dee Henderson
    signed 2026-05-15 14:27:41 +0100
    All these hellholes have to be shut down and all the Beagles released free to good loving homes.
  • Char Khan
    signed 2026-05-15 14:19:36 +0100
  • Ramsee Anderson
    signed 2026-05-15 14:12:57 +0100
    BEAGLES DO NOT BELONG IN WIRE CAGES/TORTURE CHAMBERS!!!!! STOP ANIMAL TESTING!!!! ANYTHING THAT CANNOT BE TESTED USING MODERN ALTERNATIVES IS ABSOLUTELY NOT NEEDED BY HUMANE BEINGS!!!!!! ITS BARBARIC, INHUMANE, TORTUROUS, AND ABUSIVE. ANIMALS ARE LIVING BREATHING FEELING BEINGS THAT DESERVE LOVE, WARMTH, AND STIMULATING, ENGAGING, KIND, RESPECTFUL, GENTLE, ETHICAL AND HUMANE INTERACTION!!!! THIS LAB, ALL LABS, NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON INVOLVED IN TORTURING THESE ANIMALS NEEDS TO BE PROSECUTED AND BE IN PRISON FOR THIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR TOWARD THESE HELPLESS ANIMALS!!!! ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC!!!!
  • Stephanie Masson
    signed 2026-05-15 14:02:16 +0100
    This is disgusting and needs to stop ASAP.
  • Lisa Schravesande
    signed 2026-05-15 13:57:52 +0100
  • Heather Day
    signed 2026-05-15 13:47:46 +0100
  • Kerry Brown
    signed 2026-05-15 13:43:32 +0100
  • Laura Walmsley
    signed 2026-05-15 13:35:27 +0100
  • Sean Gumm
    signed 2026-05-15 13:32:29 +0100
    It is demonic to experiment and treat animals and beagles the way these “scientists” do.
  • Jane hartley
    signed 2026-05-15 13:30:08 +0100
  • Sylvie Manuel
    signed 2026-05-15 13:13:35 +0100
  • Sara Ellis
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  • D Shaw
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  • Kye Valentine
    signed 2026-05-15 13:02:26 +0100
  • Julie Fuge
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  • Rachel Burbee
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  • Catrin Davies
    signed 2026-05-15 12:45:22 +0100
  • Emma Frost
    signed 2026-05-15 12:00:33 +0100
    Save the dogs
  • Gemma Cawley
    signed 2026-05-15 11:58:43 +0100