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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Natalie Holborn
    signed 2026-05-14 20:07:34 +0100
  • Nicola Bromley
    signed 2026-05-14 19:52:33 +0100
  • tracey johnston
    signed 2026-05-14 19:43:59 +0100
    This is Barbaric They are Pets Family we have Rescues Like RSPCA Saving them then you have Cruelty to Them Like This What is Wrong with this Twisted Goverments Laws, I was Disgusted by there 35% Reduction on Beagles over years to 2030 They are all Heartless Why dont you lot Go be Tested For Empathy, Because you sit there with your High Money Grabbing Saleries In Suits and Posh Talk But Do Nothing for this Country at all Wheres the Kings Say in all This He Should have that Power to Shut It, He has Dogs of his Own How can he turn a blind eye to this !
  • Robyn Ireson
    signed 2026-05-14 19:43:12 +0100
  • Mrs S Davis
    signed 2026-05-14 19:32:33 +0100
    Insanely cruel and ineffective.
  • Alison Masters
    signed 2026-05-14 19:13:11 +0100
  • Elkie Ward
    signed 2026-05-14 19:10:56 +0100
  • Lacey Green
    signed 2026-05-14 18:55:10 +0100
  • Katarina Kovacevic
    signed 2026-05-14 18:46:04 +0100
  • Linda Wilcock
    signed 2026-05-14 18:45:47 +0100
  • Brigitta Yolanda
    signed 2026-05-14 18:38:57 +0100
  • Lisa Hartley
    signed 2026-05-14 18:37:38 +0100
  • Emma Delargy
    signed 2026-05-14 18:35:23 +0100
  • Barbara Dokter
    signed 2026-05-14 18:32:49 +0100
    Shut down MBR Acres no animal should be tested on or abused for testing its disgusting.
  • Lianne Doyle
    signed 2026-05-14 18:29:13 +0100
  • Sheana Macdonald
    signed 2026-05-14 18:21:35 +0100
  • laura Pappas
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  • Pamela wilson
    signed 2026-05-14 18:04:42 +0100
  • Fiona Richardson
    signed 2026-05-14 17:48:16 +0100
  • Roisin Turner
    signed 2026-05-14 17:45:55 +0100
  • Janet Stanton
    signed 2026-05-14 17:41:48 +0100
  • Carolyn Gibson
    signed 2026-05-14 17:40:50 +0100
  • Susan Cooper
    signed 2026-05-14 17:28:16 +0100
    They should all be set free,and people put in prison for doing the right thing (shame on you)
  • Linda Jones
    signed 2026-05-14 17:27:23 +0100
  • Sammy McNally
    signed 2026-05-14 17:24:38 +0100
  • Nicole Flanagan
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  • Susan Hillier
    signed 2026-05-14 17:20:44 +0100
  • Nirja Kamani
    signed 2026-05-14 17:10:34 +0100
    Cruel testing on Animals where people are completely indifferent to the horrors they inflict without anesthesia is sadistic and must be banned

    Humans are turning into Monsters
  • Sophie Watson
    signed 2026-05-14 17:10:31 +0100
  • Amanda Harper
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