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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Ashlyn Allman
    signed 2025-12-21 16:21:12 +0000
  • Macie Talbot
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  • Matt Sandler
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  • Ma. Jheannie Belle Realino
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  • Alexia Godfrey
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  • Seirian Evans
    signed 2025-12-21 16:20:53 +0000
    This is disgusting. END THIS NOW
  • Emma Hardin
    signed 2025-12-21 16:20:48 +0000
  • Ebun Bajo
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  • Kim Delevati
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  • Peyton Robbins
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  • Holly F
    signed 2025-12-21 16:20:25 +0000
    Signed! Help spread awareness!!
  • Alexandria Lane
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  • Naomi Elliott
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  • Lucile
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  • Anniken Lid
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  • milana holovach
    signed 2025-12-21 16:19:54 +0000
    please save these poor babies this is insanely ridiculous that we live in this society
  • Drew Moss
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  • gisselle chacon
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  • Nicole Frogozo
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  • Belinda Zambrano
    signed 2025-12-21 16:19:45 +0000
    Es muy doloroso saber todo lo que está pasando con esos perritos, me encanta la ciencia, pero nunca la parte en la que se experimenta con animalitos, me duele demasiado cada que me inyectan para alguna cosa y pensar que antes de esto, debieron usar a animales inocentes para experimentar, odio demasiado esto, espero y muchas más personas se unan a esto, debemos recoger todas las firmas posibles, debemos cerrar ese infierno.

    It’s very painful to know everything that’s happening to those dogs. I love science, but never the part where they experiment on animals. It hurts me so much every time I get an injection for like this, and to think that before this, they had to use innocent animals for experiments. I hate this so much. I hope many more people Join us in this, we must collect as many signatures as possible, we must shut down that hellhole.
  • gabbi flores
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