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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • angie hernandez
    signed 2025-12-22 02:01:05 +0000
  • Olive Sweeney-Orwig
    signed 2025-12-22 02:01:03 +0000
  • Maggie Huffman
    signed 2025-12-22 02:00:51 +0000
  • Huslen Batmunkh
    signed 2025-12-22 02:00:39 +0000
  • Maddy Smith
    signed 2025-12-22 02:00:37 +0000
  • Hanna De Leon
    signed 2025-12-22 02:00:29 +0000
  • Lilly Le Sueur-Nicholls
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:56 +0000
  • Guillermo Rodriguez
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:55 +0000
  • Volkov Rodriguez
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:53 +0000
    FREEDOM FOR THESE BEAUTIES! LET ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EVIL END!
  • Emiliano Kairuz
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:47 +0000
    Signed
  • Catherine Maciejczyk
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:39 +0000
  • Brooklyn Brinkley
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:36 +0000
  • Abby Rosiek
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:32 +0000
    As a huge animal activist I cannot sit here and live with the thoughts of an animal being harmed or used “in the name of science.” There is many more technological and methods now in 2025 to stop the use of animal abuse and testing. Breeding the poor animal to come into this world and die in a cruel way is inhumane and DISGUSTING. You have my signature, my donation, and whatever it takes to stop the animal testing… not just for the beagles, for all species.
  • Natasha Iglesia
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:25 +0000
  • Jenesis Garcia
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:21 +0000
    This is sad…no dog should be treated like this..this is one of the reasons why we don’t deserve dogs.
  • Alivia Pederson
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:15 +0000
  • Roxanne Dewotan
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:08 +0000
  • William Marcogliese
    signed 2025-12-22 01:59:03 +0000
    Please 🙏 MBA Acre’s End it’s Cruilty And Free these Beagles.Animals have Nothing to do with Humans.Stop Experiments on Animals they have Nothin to Do with the Human Anatomy 😭 For All Animals End Experimenting on them please 🙏. William R Marcogliese
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  • Aarin Preciado
    signed 2025-12-22 01:58:41 +0000
  • Serenity Young
    signed 2025-12-22 01:58:29 +0000
    END ANIMAL CRUELTY!
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    signed 2025-12-22 01:58:17 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-22 01:58:06 +0000
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    Sending hope from New York
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    signed 2025-12-22 01:57:42 +0000
  • Amador Castillo
    signed 2025-12-22 01:57:34 +0000
    SET THEM FREE
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