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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Jeremiah Asare
    signed 2026-01-12 22:47:38 +0000
  • Claire leonard
    signed 2026-01-12 22:47:23 +0000
  • Caroline Walsh
    signed 2026-01-12 22:46:44 +0000
  • Andrea Mock
    signed 2026-01-12 22:46:38 +0000
  • Jeanette Smith
    signed 2026-01-12 22:45:07 +0000
    About time. Thank you, rescuers.
  • Tracy Capewell
    signed 2026-01-12 22:44:52 +0000
  • Judith Hughes
    signed 2026-01-12 22:44:49 +0000
  • Lindsey Rupp
    signed 2026-01-12 22:44:39 +0000
    Every life is precious, if your profit and greed are more important than humanity, and kindness then it is a deplorable and unfulfilling and otherwise pointless life you lead. Will you be remembered as a good person for making the right choice? Or as a demoralized, pathetic excuse for a human? The choice is yours.
  • Jill Williams
    signed 2026-01-12 22:44:38 +0000
  • Olivia John
    signed 2026-01-12 22:43:51 +0000
  • Eva Ferreira
    signed 2026-01-12 22:43:34 +0000
  • Angel Tyler
    signed 2026-01-12 22:43:15 +0000
    It’s inhumane
  • Anita Baugh
    signed 2026-01-12 22:42:32 +0000
    Save the dogs they don’t deserve this
  • Rebecca Roche
    signed 2026-01-12 22:42:27 +0000
  • Alana Carlucci
    signed 2026-01-12 22:41:10 +0000
  • Isabelle
    signed 2026-01-12 22:41:09 +0000
  • Rachael Murray
    signed 2026-01-12 22:40:05 +0000
  • Kate Lang
    signed 2026-01-12 22:39:22 +0000
  • Michaela Lareine
    signed 2026-01-12 22:39:02 +0000
  • Duncan Brown
    signed 2026-01-12 22:38:45 +0000
    I find it hard to believe that dogs are still being experimented on, it is 2026 for God’s sake!
  • Ishman Khaira
    signed 2026-01-12 22:38:24 +0000
  • James Waud
    signed 2026-01-12 22:37:15 +0000
  • Rachael Le Henn
    signed 2026-01-12 22:36:52 +0000
  • Ruth Williams
    signed 2026-01-12 22:36:30 +0000
  • Louise Cooper
    signed 2026-01-12 22:36:13 +0000
  • Rhiannon Fae
    signed 2026-01-12 22:35:49 +0000
    Animal testing needs to be abolished.
  • Sophie Henderson
    signed 2026-01-12 22:34:02 +0000
  • Candy Martin
    signed 2026-01-12 22:33:42 +0000
  • Helen Peavitt
    signed 2026-01-12 22:33:20 +0000
  • Angela Vaughan
    signed 2026-01-12 22:31:53 +0000
    What Tom has done is what all decent, caring human beings want to do, but don’t do, because it is so distressing, so immoral -just wrong… that animals and in this particular case these beautiful beagles that are about to live a life of even deeper hell than the lives they’ve experienced so far in this abhorrent disgusting facility… anyone who could believe that any of what is going on at these places is right or even necessary, is evil and is not human. I am so grateful to Tom and those who helped him. To know that they managed to save some of these puppies is truly fantastic and they are so brave and are heroes as well as the best example of what it is to be a wonderful loving human being that respects all living things. What Tom and his fellow rescuers did is highly admirable and was absolutely the right thing to do…. And only exceptional amazing people like Tom are brave enough and strong enough to tackle “authorities” for they know not what they do… because they do not deserve to be called human in my opinion. They are evil, ignorant, and downright stupid as they can’t see right from wrong…. Words fail me. Tom has done nothing wrong, on the contrary he has done what is right and true… you cannot argue with that on any count at all!