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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Cheryl Jones
    signed 2026-01-12 17:59:11 +0000
    Let’s put a big STOP!!! to these cruel, barbaric procedures on all animals, absolutely horrific, all those involved in performing such cruel acts should be BLOODY ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES, call themselves human, No they are disgusting pieces of SHIT!!! 😡😡😡

    CLOSE THIS HOUSE OF HORRORS DOWN FOR GOOD!!! Including ALL OF THESE TESTING SITES!!!
  • Natalie Fletcher
    signed 2026-01-12 17:58:26 +0000
    Test on humans not animals,the poor things don’t get a say
  • Charlotte McElroy
    signed 2026-01-12 17:58:24 +0000
  • Louisa Triolaire
    signed 2026-01-12 17:57:19 +0000
  • Steve Cooper
    signed 2026-01-12 17:57:11 +0000
  • Robert Starkings
    signed 2026-01-12 17:56:36 +0000
  • Cristina Coman
    signed 2026-01-12 17:56:19 +0000
  • Nicola King
    signed 2026-01-12 17:55:56 +0000
    I think with the technology we have today all scientists don’t need to use animals anymore, it’s cruel and inhumane, and il be glad when it becomes law .
  • Emily Whitehurst
    signed 2026-01-12 17:55:38 +0000
  • Deborah Peters
    signed 2026-01-12 17:53:46 +0000
    It’s barbarically cruel and so ply needs to end!
  • Julie Heckford
    signed 2026-01-12 17:53:41 +0000
  • Jake Savage
    signed 2026-01-12 17:53:40 +0000
  • Aysen Utting
    signed 2026-01-12 17:53:09 +0000
  • Ellie Bolton
    signed 2026-01-12 17:53:06 +0000
    Continue to break in and save the dogs
  • Priyadarshani
    signed 2026-01-12 17:52:31 +0000
  • Fiona Anderson
    signed 2026-01-12 17:52:28 +0000
    Find a better way to test. Use AI instead.
  • Emily Hall
    signed 2026-01-12 17:51:21 +0000
  • Beatrice Roberti
    signed 2026-01-12 17:51:19 +0000
  • Bethany Linford
    signed 2026-01-12 17:51:16 +0000
    Ban this awful awful thing
  • Thomas Howard Beever
    signed 2026-01-12 17:51:06 +0000
  • victoria lomas
    signed 2026-01-12 17:50:54 +0000
    this is an absolute disgrace the uk should be ashamed of themselves for allowing these poor inoccent puppies to be tortured. animal testing should be band from this country!
  • Joy Ambridge
    signed 2026-01-12 17:50:52 +0000
  • Mari Reyes
    signed 2026-01-12 17:50:03 +0000
  • Corinne Coward
    signed 2026-01-12 17:49:40 +0000
    This outdated irrelevant research isxtorture for profit and beefs to be consigned to the arseholevof history where it belongs- a relic of a time when we were too ignorant and callous to do any better.
  • Janet Wickings
    signed 2026-01-12 17:49:08 +0000
    For goodness sake, this should NOT be happening now.
  • Susan Berry
    signed 2026-01-12 17:49:04 +0000
  • Michael Irving
    signed 2026-01-12 17:48:53 +0000
  • Lesley Sapherson
    signed 2026-01-12 17:48:11 +0000
  • Diane Lamb
    signed 2026-01-12 17:47:14 +0000
    Closedown that awful place 😔😳
  • Mandy Hibbert
    signed 2026-01-12 17:47:07 +0000