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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Michella Liddle
    signed 2026-01-13 10:07:19 +0000
  • mary johnston
    signed 2026-01-13 10:06:28 +0000
  • Susan Scott
    signed 2026-01-13 10:05:51 +0000
  • Penny Miller
    signed 2026-01-13 10:04:28 +0000
  • Vikki Courtman
    signed 2026-01-13 10:03:17 +0000
  • Rachel Cooper
    signed 2026-01-13 10:02:59 +0000
  • susan leggatt
    signed 2026-01-13 10:01:15 +0000
    MBR Acres is a hell hole, all the companies that buy these innocent puppies to torture are complicit in the continuation of this hell hole. Animals are not commodities, test tubes or disposable ‘things’, they are living, breathing sentient beings that deserve respect and compassion, Ban animal testing, Shut down MBR acres
  • Jo Northard
    signed 2026-01-13 10:00:40 +0000
  • Deborah Scaife
    signed 2026-01-13 09:58:53 +0000
  • Aneta Plecháčová
    signed 2026-01-13 09:53:54 +0000
  • Rachel Dart
    signed 2026-01-13 09:50:23 +0000
  • Elizabeth Paine
    signed 2026-01-13 09:50:05 +0000
  • Lene Harries
    signed 2026-01-13 09:49:11 +0000
    STOP the CRUELTY NOW!!
  • Julie Bown
    signed 2026-01-13 09:48:16 +0000
  • Jill Ratcliffe
    signed 2026-01-13 09:48:06 +0000
    This is diabolical treatment of innocent animals and shouldn’t be happening.
  • Vicki Jones
    signed 2026-01-13 09:42:33 +0000
  • Rymma Kalchenko
    signed 2026-01-13 09:41:35 +0000
  • Angela Law
    signed 2026-01-13 09:39:25 +0000
  • Susan Greenan
    signed 2026-01-13 09:36:00 +0000
  • Julie McGeever
    signed 2026-01-13 09:31:27 +0000
  • Nicola Bauer
    signed 2026-01-13 09:27:48 +0000
  • Cassie Garwell
    signed 2026-01-13 09:27:18 +0000
  • Rhianne Harding
    signed 2026-01-13 09:25:28 +0000
  • Adrian Knox
    signed 2026-01-13 09:22:40 +0000
  • Tiggy Lewis
    signed 2026-01-13 09:22:14 +0000
  • Avril Bowie
    signed 2026-01-13 09:20:24 +0000
    Absolutely disgusting that this still happens in our supposedly civilised society, barbaric shut the doors !!
  • Joe Marshall
    signed 2026-01-13 09:19:14 +0000
    With love and respect.
  • Ruth Peri
    signed 2026-01-13 09:18:42 +0000
    It’s time for puppies’ intifada! ;)
  • Sue Hardman
    signed 2026-01-13 09:10:50 +0000
    It sickens me that things like this are still going on! Absolutely abhorrent!
  • Princess Danielle Magno
    signed 2026-01-13 09:10:47 +0000
    please save them.