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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Alison Moretti
    signed 2026-01-12 19:51:22 +0000
  • Steve Fielding
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  • Laura Maskall
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  • Caroline whetton
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  • Joanna Troth
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  • Casey Matthews
    signed 2026-01-12 19:50:24 +0000
  • Jennie Russell
    signed 2026-01-12 19:49:50 +0000
  • Stacey Cook
    signed 2026-01-12 19:49:28 +0000
    Go Team Beagle
  • patricia Canedo
    signed 2026-01-12 19:46:44 +0000
  • Michelle Matthews-Fletcher
    signed 2026-01-12 19:46:34 +0000
  • Juliette Biton
    signed 2026-01-12 19:46:04 +0000
  • Gabriella De Martino
    signed 2026-01-12 19:46:04 +0000
    Please shut down this hellhole.
  • Erica Tranfield
    signed 2026-01-12 19:45:26 +0000
  • Julie Bayford
    signed 2026-01-12 19:45:24 +0000
  • Susan sheehan
    signed 2026-01-12 19:45:14 +0000
  • Estela Vanucci
    signed 2026-01-12 19:44:26 +0000
    Save the puppies!!!!
  • Karen Hesketh
    signed 2026-01-12 19:44:11 +0000
  • Vickie Taylor
    signed 2026-01-12 19:44:10 +0000
  • Kerry Davey
    signed 2026-01-12 19:43:57 +0000
  • Margarita Kassianou-Hannan
    signed 2026-01-12 19:42:43 +0000
  • Amelia Greenwood
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  • Christine McMenamin
    signed 2026-01-12 19:41:37 +0000
  • Denise Jamieson
    signed 2026-01-12 19:41:10 +0000
    Please stop experimenting on animals
  • Susan Murcutt
    signed 2026-01-12 19:41:09 +0000
    Animals are not ours to use or abuse.


    MBR Acres is a CONCENTRATION CAMP – a place of TERROR and PAIN and DEATH – for beagle dogs, SENTIENT beings. HELL on Earth.


    And as for the people who work there and inflict this pain and terror, HOW CAN YOU do what you do when you see a beagle struggling to get away from you and whimpering and crying in abject fear and pain? What kind of person are you that you can do this? SHAME on you. If there is reincarnation, I hope you come back as a beagle bred for pain and death – then perhaps you would understand what you are doing…
  • Ann dunn
    signed 2026-01-12 19:39:54 +0000
    Compassion towards animals is most important. MBR in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire must be closed down. Beagles puppies deserve a better life.. Free the MBR Beagles
  • Fiona Colliver
    signed 2026-01-12 19:37:55 +0000
  • Nicola Porter
    signed 2026-01-12 19:37:29 +0000
  • Aisling Cusack
    signed 2026-01-12 19:37:22 +0000
  • Karen Redfearn
    signed 2026-01-12 19:36:53 +0000
    Animal testing is barbaric and out dated , just remove all those poor innocent babies how are being treated worse than Jews in a prison camp
  • Rachel Board
    signed 2026-01-12 19:36:11 +0000
    Shut it down! And other cruel, outdated so called ‘labs’. No to cruelty, yes to compassion. End of.