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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Chelsea Hadley
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:51 +0000
    I don’t live in the UK, but I don’t think that matters, everyone everywhere should be putting a stop to this madness and sickness. The world already has enough evil, and we shouldn’t push that evil onto things that can’t defend themselves. I want all of the beagles to experience the stars.
  • Itzel Hernandez
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:48 +0000
  • Mickey Esty
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:34 +0000
    No one deserves this. May this help the cause 🙏🏻 bless those pups
  • Siah Thorat
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:34 +0000
  • Alyssa Lopez
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:26 +0000
  • Eliz Hussein
    signed 2025-12-22 06:45:22 +0000
  • Joan Nova
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:45 +0000
    Leave animals alone you monsters you don’t have the right to violate other living beings for your sick pleasures and profits. We will join together and shut you down!!!!
  • Zhiyonna C
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:41 +0000
  • bethanie mora
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:37 +0000
  • Avery Mrosek
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:27 +0000
    Please end this awful torture
  • Tabitha Woodhall
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:17 +0000
  • Nelien Bower
    signed 2025-12-22 06:44:11 +0000
  • Devin Golden
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:58 +0000
  • Ali Yasser
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:58 +0000
  • dalia lekhar
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:54 +0000
  • Naveah Faalogo
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:29 +0000
    To hell with those people, these dogs deserve life.
  • Denisa Dobre
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:21 +0000
  • Vanessa Amaya
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:17 +0000
  • Azari Bufkin
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:02 +0000
  • Emilee Spottedhorse
    signed 2025-12-22 06:43:01 +0000
  • jacob thompson
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:54 +0000
  • Rashmi Gowan
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:48 +0000
  • Ryan Douglas
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:42 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:32 +0000
  • aliyah gonzales
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:22 +0000
  • Leanne W
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:21 +0000
    animal abuse is digesting, there are so many alternatives that companies simply refuse to educate themselves on or use due to the economic benefit of exploiting innocent animals. remind yourselves that they are living, breathing, FEELING creatures who deserve to live and not simply survive. they aren’t even surviving!
  • Susan Tina
    signed 2025-12-22 06:42:17 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-22 06:41:55 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-22 06:41:53 +0000
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