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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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.

194,255 signatures

Will you sign?

Showing 134177 reactions

  • Portia Okeefe
    signed 2025-12-22 20:04:15 +0000
  • Nizhoni Montoya
    signed 2025-12-22 20:03:23 +0000
  • Linda Leeming
    signed 2025-12-22 20:03:21 +0000
  • Elysia Lambie-song
    signed 2025-12-22 20:03:01 +0000
  • pippa Bunce
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:59 +0000
  • Julie Dixon
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:58 +0000
    STOP ABUSING ANIMALS. iTS NOT BIG AND ITS NOT CLEVER!!
  • Jenna Cole
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:45 +0000
  • Sean Crawford
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:37 +0000
  • Meredith O’Donnell
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:35 +0000
  • Sean Mottram
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:31 +0000
  • Lili Vegh
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:27 +0000
  • Dayanara Nolasco
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:23 +0000
  • Joanna Ireland
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:19 +0000
  • lowan sheean
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:12 +0000
  • Sophia hernandez
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:03 +0000
  • Marisol Gomez
    signed 2025-12-22 20:02:02 +0000
    :)
  • Edward Elliott
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:47 +0000
    I hope the people that saved those pups are helped with any legal problems and the rest rescued.
  • brooklyn labanowski
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:45 +0000
  • Louise Johnson
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:27 +0000
  • sarah park
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:26 +0000
  • Eddie Bednarek
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:25 +0000
  • Maria Pîrvu
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:24 +0000
  • Valeria Valadez
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:21 +0000
  • Emma Kerby
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:18 +0000
  • Camila S
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:16 +0000
  • Natalie Perez
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:15 +0000
    Save the beagles
  • Madison Dutro
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:12 +0000
    END BEAGLE LAB TESTING
  • Eliška Košvancová
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:07 +0000
  • Ashley Bacon
    signed 2025-12-22 20:01:05 +0000
  • Andrea lupton
    signed 2025-12-22 20:00:55 +0000
    I don’t watch it do angry . I suffer they the pain fear how the dogs l have .