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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Dr Joanne Connolly
    signed 2026-01-13 12:32:29 +0000
  • Hazel Cliffe
    signed 2026-01-13 12:32:15 +0000
  • Lisa Hunter
    signed 2026-01-13 12:32:11 +0000
  • Brenda Robinson
    signed 2026-01-13 12:31:40 +0000
  • Scott Ellis
    signed 2026-01-13 12:31:31 +0000
  • Marilyn Battell
    signed 2026-01-13 12:30:47 +0000
  • Matthew Greenwood
    signed 2026-01-13 12:30:01 +0000
  • Lynn-Marie Sherwin
    signed 2026-01-13 12:29:37 +0000
  • Yvonne Rothwell
    signed 2026-01-13 12:29:15 +0000
    Please show compassion for these beautiful animals 🙏
  • Annabel Coulson
    signed 2026-01-13 12:28:25 +0000
  • Fiona Wright
    signed 2026-01-13 12:28:14 +0000
    We all need to help make the world a better place.

    My husband died from cancer – but that doesn’t change my view that cruel tests on animals cannot be justified. There are more relevant methods of testing that don’t involve torturing and mis-treating animals.
  • Claire Dawkins
    signed 2026-01-13 12:27:47 +0000
  • Susan Potts
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  • Leigh Naturkach
    signed 2026-01-13 12:27:20 +0000
  • Carlie Hennessey
    signed 2026-01-13 12:26:28 +0000
    When we treat the most evil of society better than these innocent souls, that tells me that something is very very wrong and a change needs to happen. When a nation that claims to be animal lovers can stand by and watch this suffering happen on a massive scale a serious change needs to be happen. If you witnessed this suffering in every day life you would call the RSPCA, the police, somebody, anybody, as a decent person with a heart and a conscience, seeing what was happening you would step in and try to do something to end the suffering of an animal, but this suffering is deemed legal because it’s for medical testing and science? Makes me ashamed to be a human to see what these innocent souls suffer at the hands of other humans, humans that should have a conscience and know better, do better, it’s nothing short of evil what they inflict. How you treat animals tells me all I need to know about you as a person and these people are evil and severely lacking. May everyone complicit in this have the suffering they inflict returned on them tenfold.
  • Susan Blane
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