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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Julie Greenhill
    signed 2025-12-31 08:56:24 +0000
  • Janice Edmunds
    signed 2025-12-31 08:55:55 +0000
  • Angela Flynn
    signed 2025-12-31 08:55:39 +0000
  • Holly-Mae Nelson
    signed 2025-12-31 08:49:36 +0000
  • Tilly Hartland
    signed 2025-12-31 08:36:34 +0000
    Thank you for helping to save these babies. You are true angels xxx
  • Rachel Smith
    signed 2025-12-31 08:22:21 +0000
    Anyone in this world who absuses an animal is the person who should be in prison
  • Tommy Studholme
    signed 2025-12-31 07:54:34 +0000
  • Sneha Kumari
    signed 2025-12-31 07:22:52 +0000
  • Tina Newman
    signed 2025-12-31 07:11:52 +0000
    Why are angels being put in prison. We are all behind you .
  • Maci Remington
    signed 2025-12-31 07:08:49 +0000
  • Michelle Johnson
    signed 2025-12-31 07:01:49 +0000
  • Eileen Easton
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    signed 2025-12-31 06:04:12 +0000
  • Jane Alexander
    signed 2025-12-31 06:02:25 +0000
  • Zarrah Fernandes
    signed 2025-12-31 05:35:26 +0000
  • Maria Canelas
    signed 2025-12-31 05:34:48 +0000
  • skylar adams
    signed 2025-12-31 05:25:49 +0000
    thank you for everything each and every one of you do. you are doing gods work. stay safe and god bless you all 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  • Jeanette Hyam
    signed 2025-12-31 05:03:03 +0000
    Being desperate for work in the early 80s I worked at bantin and kingmon…..a facility like this…..naively wanting to work with animals. I lasted a month getting fired for threatening a colleague who enjoyed tge ‘cull’ at the end of the month gassing rodents and throwing hybrid mice at tge walls to kill them. There were beagles too….smoking….but I never saw them.

    The evilness was palpable. I was 16. Wish I could have caught her and punched her….

    STOP THIS CRUELTY PLEASE
  • Aurora Tufares
    signed 2025-12-31 04:56:39 +0000
    Shut this place down!!!! Disappointed, disgusting, demoralizing
  • Pres
    signed 2025-12-31 04:39:54 +0000
  • Rachel Medwell
    signed 2025-12-31 04:37:51 +0000
  • Faith Roame
    signed 2025-12-31 03:56:02 +0000
    The U. S. Is just as bad with this topic, if not worse I believe
  • daniel vrida
    signed 2025-12-31 03:49:27 +0000
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