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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Jo Kerr
    signed 2026-07-22 19:27:49 +0100
    There is no need to test on beagle there is ever options out there. It is cruel. The dogs are screaming in pain. I have a dog on my own and I would never like that to happen to my Dog. I don’t know how the people in that can work and sleep at night doing all these experiments on these dogs it is disgusting and it needs to stop if I have my way I would love to take one of them dogs home they are putting masks over their noses what they are just trying to get off because they do not like it. Why don’t we do that to the people that work in BMR acres and see if they like what they do to the dogs? They are tested on the animals it makes them sick some of them die from the tests. It is not nice. Please stop this. It is animal cruelty. It needs to be published in the papers 10 Downing Street and MPs.
  • Elena Brady
    signed 2026-07-22 18:26:06 +0100
  • Arrow Rothfelder
    signed 2026-07-22 17:31:17 +0100
    Those poor beagles they don’t deserve that.. let them be free
  • Stephen Mack
    signed 2026-07-22 16:06:07 +0100
  • Helen Hill
    signed 2026-07-22 15:34:05 +0100
  • Amy Burgoyne
    signed 2026-07-22 14:38:34 +0100
  • ilisa eichenbaum
    signed 2026-07-22 14:14:12 +0100
    PLEASE SAVE THE BEAGLES!!!🙏🏻
  • daisy adamson
    signed 2026-07-22 13:32:13 +0100
  • Molly Hearn
    signed 2026-07-22 11:47:28 +0100
  • Anouska Bolton-lee
    signed 2026-07-22 08:59:36 +0100
  • Simone Delport
    signed 2026-07-22 07:29:11 +0100
  • Lian Lenihan
    signed 2026-07-22 06:03:06 +0100
  • Jemma Meecham
    signed 2026-07-22 05:25:15 +0100
  • Ella Yarborough
    signed 2026-07-22 04:58:28 +0100
    STOP MBR ACRES
  • Adeola Ajayi
    signed 2026-07-22 02:08:16 +0100
  • Emily McDougall
    signed 2026-07-22 01:13:06 +0100
  • Alexandra Cusmano
    signed 2026-07-21 23:16:46 +0100
  • Dawn Alex Whittaker
    signed 2026-07-21 23:04:38 +0100
    It’s absolutely barbaric that this is still allowed to go on. Animals bred for testing is beyond inhumane. Any animal that is tortured is beyond my comprehension. People get punished for animal cruelty, be it not harsh enough, I might add, yet dogs are being bred for exactly this reason. It’s sickening. It’s about time we as what are supposedly meant to be human beings, put an end to this forever.
  • Dess Lovelock
    signed 2026-07-21 22:57:00 +0100
  • Leah Davies
    signed 2026-07-21 22:22:14 +0100
  • Hayley Dunn
    signed 2026-07-21 22:21:18 +0100
  • Lina Song
    signed 2026-07-21 21:50:28 +0100
  • Erin Owens
    signed 2026-07-21 21:38:13 +0100
  • Al Hull
    signed 2026-07-21 21:31:18 +0100
  • Shirley Mccaig
    signed 2026-07-21 21:29:42 +0100
  • jo-anne bidgood
    signed 2026-07-21 20:58:38 +0100
    Please, for the sake of the animals, keep fighting.
  • Wendy Martínez
    signed 2026-07-21 20:35:45 +0100
    STOO STOP STOP ANIMAL ABUSE 📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣📣
  • Daniel Paradis
    signed 2026-07-21 19:54:55 +0100
  • Leanne Stone
    signed 2026-07-21 18:03:57 +0100
  • Kajsa Ahlborg
    signed 2026-07-21 17:33:16 +0100
    Now we need to end this horrible thing our beautiful beagles are going through!!