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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Melanie Willow
    signed 2026-05-14 16:46:50 +0100
  • Aleksandra Rac
    signed 2026-05-14 16:42:15 +0100
  • Sean Bailey
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  • Chloe Dunne
    signed 2026-05-14 16:40:01 +0100
  • Tania Cochrane
    signed 2026-05-14 16:39:38 +0100
  • Dawn Middleton
    signed 2026-05-14 16:34:00 +0100
  • Clare Davey
    signed 2026-05-14 16:14:46 +0100
  • Emma Box
    signed 2026-05-14 16:13:10 +0100
  • Lauren Demoet
    signed 2026-05-14 15:49:03 +0100
  • Lee Pover
    signed 2026-05-14 15:46:53 +0100
  • Janine King
    signed 2026-05-14 15:43:59 +0100
  • Konstantin Kostov
    signed 2026-05-14 15:43:43 +0100
    I hope the people who torture animals feel their pain 1000 times more
  • Michaela Angus
    signed 2026-05-14 15:36:30 +0100
    Sick torture needs stopping now
  • Lynn Carroll
    signed 2026-05-14 15:33:30 +0100
  • Nichola Dibben
    signed 2026-05-14 15:31:25 +0100
  • Tameka Murrain
    signed 2026-05-14 15:21:51 +0100
  • Frances Kavanagh
    signed 2026-05-14 15:21:50 +0100
  • Ciara Kavanagh
    signed 2026-05-14 15:19:30 +0100
  • jordan cripps
    signed 2026-05-14 15:18:29 +0100
    Killing puppy’s for profits should of never have been allowed
  • Katie Taylor
    signed 2026-05-14 15:17:51 +0100
  • Caroline Swaisland
    signed 2026-05-14 15:17:08 +0100
    I cannot believe that there is no alternative to testing on a live sentient animal in this modern age
  • Samantha Cox
    signed 2026-05-14 15:16:25 +0100
  • Yasmin Walker
    signed 2026-05-14 15:10:45 +0100
  • Diane Garside
    signed 2026-05-14 15:05:09 +0100
  • Lynne Davison
    signed 2026-05-14 15:03:13 +0100
    Beagles are among the most emotionally intelligent and expressive dogs, with a world of love in them. Their sweet nature is used against them to conduct the horrific research that deprives them of the life of a dog. Research practices need to follow the updates in technology and techniques that are available to avoid the exploitation and cruelty experienced by all animals, let alone our best friends.
  • Davina Chan
    signed 2026-05-14 14:47:43 +0100
  • Jennifer Robinson
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  • Dianne Powell
    signed 2026-05-14 14:42:41 +0100
  • Toni McMurray
    signed 2026-05-14 14:41:39 +0100
    We do not need animal testing in today’s day and age. Most of these toxicity tests are only 27% effective at predicting the impact on a human body. We have far more accurate forms of testing and do not need to subject sentient beings to this heinous torture. You have the power to move your funding to better methods that do not harm animals. We the people ask that you use that power to move from “what has always been done” “for the benefit of humans” and begin funding anti-animal cruelty methods. Free the thousands of animals being subject to this torture and then killed (instead of rehomed and given a second chance). This is hell on earth. You can end it.
  • Bella Henderson
    signed 2026-05-14 14:29:07 +0100