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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Gemma Winter
    signed 2026-10-26 23:16:17 +0000
  • Lux Skyler Bolz
    signed 2026-10-26 20:34:35 +0000
  • Liza Hills
    signed 2026-10-26 19:09:30 +0000
    I can’t actually believe the home office has granted a bleed license for this barbaric and cruelty to still go on. This should not be happening when 92% of animal testing fails on humans. What the heck is wrong with you people.. Breaks my heart
  • Tallulah Davenport
    signed 2026-10-26 18:06:24 +0000
  • Hazel Hornblow
    signed 2026-10-26 14:58:01 +0000
  • Maria Leonor Nascimento
    signed 2026-10-26 13:43:00 +0000
  • Carl Gledhill
    signed 2026-10-26 11:31:28 +0000
  • Nowsheen Firdous
    signed 2026-10-26 10:47:58 +0000
  • Natalie Wilkie
    signed 2026-10-26 10:02:04 +0000
    Disgusting – Britain stand up and be counted. Speak for those who have no voice
  • Bill Wilkie
    signed 2026-10-26 09:47:13 +0000
  • Sarah Ramsey-Goudie
    signed 2026-10-26 07:15:50 +0000
    Please listen to the people, YOUR voters stop this heinous cruelty now, and shut down MBR Acres NOW.
  • Ewelina Pajak
    signed 2026-10-25 23:39:05 +0000
  • Jennifer Flynn
    signed 2026-10-25 22:25:13 +0000
  • Jo Carden
    signed 2026-10-25 20:27:05 +0000
  • Nicola Curtis
    signed 2026-10-25 20:13:03 +0000
    Barbaric, evil, inhumane. Sadistic people carrying out this torture that our useless government sanction. They are evil disgusting monsters
  • Melina Eich
    signed 2026-10-25 19:53:53 +0000
  • Orla Heron
    signed 2026-10-25 19:38:40 +0000
  • Sophie Mckinnon
    signed 2026-10-25 19:35:30 +0000
  • Emily Caldwell
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    signed 2026-10-25 17:27:36 +0000
  • Kelley Slack
    signed 2026-10-25 15:13:12 +0000
  • Gaynor Diggins
    signed 2026-10-25 11:10:05 +0000
  • Lisa Curnow
    signed 2026-10-25 10:07:11 +0000
    Absolutely disgusting, barbaric and tragic. Needs to stop
  • Adam Piper
    signed 2026-10-25 08:48:21 +0000
  • Janine Kroehn
    signed 2026-10-25 07:04:09 +0000
  • Ryan Roberts
    signed 2026-10-25 01:57:36 +0100
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    signed 2026-10-25 01:20:13 +0100
  • Milly Jeyes
    signed 2026-10-24 23:54:31 +0100
  • Lucia Garzon
    signed 2026-10-24 21:58:40 +0100
    PLEASE GUYS we need to take action and give a voice to the voiceless. Shut this and EVERYWHERE ELSE that is doing this down!! We are the ONLY ones that can protect these precious dogs!!
  • Hannah Shinner
    signed 2026-10-24 21:34:23 +0100