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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Anne Osborne
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:46 +0000
    All sentient beings deserve to be treated with love and care and are not there to be harmed and treated cruelly.
  • Luciana Egan
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:39 +0000
  • Naaz Bareja
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:39 +0000
  • Niki K
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:35 +0000
  • Valerie Reyes
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:34 +0000
  • Loes Buijssen
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:32 +0000
  • Elyssa Gressel
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:31 +0000
  • Angelique Stutz
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:31 +0000
  • Julia Urbanowicz
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:31 +0000
  • Leah Ramirez
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:23 +0000
  • Halie Orcutt
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:10 +0000
  • Annabell Smith
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:09 +0000
    These dogs deserve so much more than these labs are providing. I hope by signing this we can end the cruelty.
  • Melina Zadeh
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:01 +0000
    save these babies :(
  • Lois Wallbank
    signed 2025-12-21 20:39:00 +0000
  • Chen Wendy
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:59 +0000
    I hate humanity rn.
  • Irelyn Wackernagle
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:49 +0000
    I cried once I saw that video of the beagles getting bled and shipped, these people deserve jail.
  • Mara Pusceddu
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:48 +0000
  • Siena Sansone
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:44 +0000
  • Sabrina Lee
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:44 +0000
  • Marisol Álvarez Vargas Álvarez Vargas
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:41 +0000
  • Paige Zosky
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:39 +0000
  • Annelise Scheffler
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:37 +0000
    Please end this barbarism 🙏
  • Emma Bischoff
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:29 +0000
  • Mlaia Bron
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:27 +0000
  • Mia Paz
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:25 +0000
    MBR Acres should be shutdown for the crime of commiting cruelty to puppies who are still babies. What exactly is the blood needed for?? These babies should be not be allowed to be in such a place where crime and murder is committed
  • Leslie Rojas
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:23 +0000
  • Sophia Sinclair
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:23 +0000
  • Rachel Hernandez
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:19 +0000
  • Laiya Perreault
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:19 +0000
  • Isabella Otero
    signed 2025-12-21 20:38:08 +0000
    Save the puppies!