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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Günther Britzl
    signed 2026-01-10 12:42:23 +0000
    Please ban animal testing for good.
  • Heather Turner
    signed 2026-01-10 12:39:25 +0000
  • Julie Froggatt
    signed 2026-01-10 12:35:36 +0000
    MBR acres is a despicable place and needs closing down ASAP.The suffering that animals have to endure is outdated and barbaric! The public are not stupid and know that it’s all about money…Shame on this Government and shame on anyone that has any dealings with this company!
  • Debra Riley
    signed 2026-01-10 12:34:12 +0000
  • Nicola Murray
    signed 2026-01-10 12:14:52 +0000
    Please stop this!!!!! There must be alternative methods.
  • Prue Saunders
    signed 2026-01-10 12:11:07 +0000
  • Karen Hardy
    signed 2026-01-10 12:07:18 +0000
    The cruelty involved with animal testing has to end.
  • Linda Faulkner
    signed 2026-01-10 11:53:44 +0000
  • Mandy Blakey
    signed 2026-01-10 11:51:22 +0000
    Please don’t punish these beautiful people it’s so wrong they should be allowed freedom please xx
  • Denise Hall
    signed 2026-01-10 11:48:20 +0000
  • Stephanie Barnard
    signed 2026-01-10 11:40:48 +0000
  • Inez Muszyńska
    signed 2026-01-10 11:33:51 +0000
  • Beatrice Oya Bilhan
    signed 2026-01-10 11:29:27 +0000
  • Kay Byrne
    signed 2026-01-10 11:23:56 +0000
  • Carol Cowan
    signed 2026-01-10 11:03:00 +0000
    We should not be testing on animals there are so many other ways of testing. It’s shocking and barbaric that this is allowed in civilised society. The people that’s freed the beagles are heroes.
  • Carol Hawes
    signed 2026-01-10 10:50:56 +0000
    I insist you listen to public opinion and STOP TORTURING DEFENCELESS ANIMALS.

    Animal testing proves nothing – just a haven for narcissistic psychopaths who masquerade as scientist. UTTER BULLSHIT.

    I sign this petition for all animals.

    STOP THIS PAIN FOR PROFIT.

    Maybe get their consent and test these inhumane humans, surely if they believe it is for the heath of mankind and progress then they would be only too happy to experience, short lives, internal bleeding, organ failure, no comfort, no real day/ night times… just cold concrete floors covered in excrement and continual crying…
  • Sarah Roy
    signed 2026-01-10 10:47:56 +0000
  • Navya Kapoor
    signed 2026-01-10 10:42:51 +0000
    FREE BEAGLES!
  • Leigh Forgeau
    signed 2026-01-10 10:19:42 +0000
    This cruelty has to end!
  • Sue Matthews
    signed 2026-01-10 10:18:24 +0000
  • emma mitchenson
    signed 2026-01-10 10:08:47 +0000
  • Chloe Thompson
    signed 2026-01-10 10:07:48 +0000
  • Rachel Graham
    signed 2026-01-10 10:01:12 +0000
  • Elizabeth Bennett
    signed 2026-01-10 09:58:49 +0000
  • Hara Kolok
    signed 2026-01-10 09:54:37 +0000
  • Mary Maistrello
    signed 2026-01-10 09:44:31 +0000
  • Michelle O'Shea
    signed 2026-01-10 09:36:42 +0000
  • Gabriele Vinai
    signed 2026-01-10 09:33:07 +0000
    I am calling for the Home Office to shut down, once and for all, MBR Acres, a place of torture, and rehome the beagles. Leonardo da Vinci used to say that “There will come a time when the killing of an animal will be considered as terrible as that of a human being”. In conclusion, I ask for the immediate shut down of all those hellish places where a devilish, inhuman experimentation, known as vivisection, is practised.
  • Christine Lamb
    signed 2026-01-10 09:28:22 +0000
  • Mark Terry
    signed 2026-01-10 09:26:47 +0000