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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Shellie Embrey
    signed 2026-06-22 06:51:51 +0100
    Please stop torturing these innocent animals! Better science is available!!
  • Elena. Brandsma
    signed 2026-06-22 06:42:44 +0100
  • Caroline Young
    signed 2026-06-22 06:29:27 +0100
    This is barbaric and cruel it has to stop now
  • Theia Charles
    signed 2026-06-22 06:21:03 +0100
  • Jackson Torgan-Williams
    signed 2026-06-22 05:38:16 +0100
  • Edina Birkás
    signed 2026-06-22 05:12:04 +0100
    These horrible practices should be stopped and shut down immediately. This is not the way to treat animals, the Earth is their home to and they are not submitted to us, especially for processes such as testing on them!!.
  • Natasha Sullivan
    signed 2026-06-22 04:58:19 +0100
  • Jennifer Hewitt
    signed 2026-06-22 04:02:40 +0100
  • Sarah Barnes
    signed 2026-06-22 03:59:04 +0100
    This is awful. People doing these things should have the same done to them
  • j c
    signed 2026-06-22 03:24:15 +0100
  • Charli Mason
    signed 2026-06-22 03:21:27 +0100
    Please stop hurting innocent animals.
  • Sheri Kane
    signed 2026-06-22 02:56:24 +0100
    No animal testing is ok
  • Tanya Ward
    signed 2026-06-22 02:54:08 +0100
    Go to the prison and test on those ones. Stop killing and tourchering these innocent animals.
  • Bella Pons
    signed 2026-06-22 02:49:47 +0100
  • Paul Wood
    signed 2026-06-22 02:44:43 +0100
  • Anna Goldy
    signed 2026-06-22 02:39:31 +0100
  • Jacqueline Harney
    signed 2026-06-22 02:24:52 +0100
  • Katie Harrison
    signed 2026-06-22 02:22:41 +0100
  • Joanne Short
    signed 2026-06-22 01:43:04 +0100
    The torturers need torturing!!!

    Free these poor puppies NOW!!!!

    I would help with adoption
  • Sj Ester
    signed 2026-06-22 01:40:17 +0100
    Stop this no need
  • Cassandra Davies
    signed 2026-06-22 01:27:26 +0100
  • Sasha Ram
    signed 2026-06-22 01:18:33 +0100
  • Angela Somers
    signed 2026-06-22 01:05:27 +0100
  • Catherine lewis
    signed 2026-06-22 00:58:15 +0100
    How is this torture allowed in this day and age?😡Those poor babies😢
  • Elizabeth Plummer
    signed 2026-06-22 00:54:07 +0100
  • Jacquie Batchelor
    signed 2026-06-22 00:39:41 +0100
    This practice is cruel abusive and outdated

    These sweet sensitive animals should not be treated like inanimate objects. They feel pain and what they are subjected is unspeakable and totally unacceptable and needs to stop now. The money spent on this type of outdated testing is a total waste of funds time and life !! It seems to me to be a completely sadistic practice derived for people who enjoy inflicting cruelty on a sweet submissive animal without any thought or care. Why in this day and age is this abuse still happening !!
  • poppy ruffle
    signed 2026-06-22 00:37:43 +0100
    dogs are the most caring and loving to all, they deserve to be free and have a life of snuggles walks and treats
  • Abi Hockey
    signed 2026-06-22 00:20:11 +0100
  • Vikki Phelps
    signed 2026-06-22 00:09:57 +0100
  • Lisa Fury
    signed 2026-06-22 00:09:42 +0100
    I can’t believe this still goes on today! If it is illegal to lock a dog in the car in the heat, how the hell is it ok to purposely torture them?! How screwed up is that?! Especially for a nation of ‘animal lovers’! Really??!

    STOP THIS NOW! We’re not living in the dark ages!! It is not necessary now… There are more efficient ways of testing!