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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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Starla Morgan signed 2026-08-09 23:21:27 +0100 -
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Ian Davies signed 2026-08-09 18:59:58 +0100This need to stop we save dogs in other countries from double meat farms but then we torture our own dogs in this country for science he’s disgusting and barbaric it needs just stop -
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Amelia Kochańska signed 2026-08-09 17:07:28 +0100I have been a dog lover my whole life and when I was a child I was aware of these facilities, but didn’t quite understand them. it wasn’t until I was older that I began seeing how brutal and barbaric these practices are and how it makes no sense how these poor dogs don’t have the same protections as the ones in our homes. The only difference between an MBR beagle and my neighbours one is that one is being tortured and abused. There are no other differences and there should not be. -
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Martine Watson signed 2026-08-09 16:40:12 +0100Shut this hell hole down and shut all laboratories who torture innocent animals. There are other scientific way , which do not involve torturing animals ! And over 90% of these do not work for humans. -
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Summer Matthews signed 2026-08-09 15:20:54 +0100While I’m only now realizing the horrors that plague those poor beautiful beagles in MBR Acres it sickens and saddens me that such cruelty, abuse and neglect has befallen those poor creatures. Living in America I had no idea such atrocities were still happening and I am even more horrified to find that my own country participates in such violence and cruelty. We do not deserve the dogs that are so loyal, loving and so willing to forgive and forget the wrongdoings that we have committed against them. Please, these poor beagles deserve a better life than the hell they have been put through. A life where that are not stuck in filthy metal cages never knowing the grass beneath their paws. -
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Jean hope signed 2026-08-09 10:25:30 +0100Please please stop this it’s heartbreaking -
Debbie Machin signed 2026-08-09 10:21:39 +0100Please shut these vile people down -
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