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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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.

193,651 signatures

Will you sign?

Showing 133788 reactions

  • Sophie Bond
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:48 +0000
  • lexi cox
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:46 +0000
  • Wei Shiuan Pan
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:46 +0000
  • Denisw Szyszlo
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:41 +0000
  • Wendy Eumana
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:41 +0000
  • Helena Witschel
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:39 +0000
  • Allley
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:30 +0000
  • John Patrick Empleo
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:21 +0000
  • Patrick Stanislav
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:19 +0000
  • matty hernandez
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:18 +0000
  • ghada rashid
    signed 2025-12-21 07:17:16 +0000
  • Anna Sukiennik
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:50 +0000
  • Grace Monate
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:47 +0000
  • Jelena Kost
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:45 +0000
    Please rescue them
  • Zuzanna Lewandowska
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:42 +0000
  • Julia Jordan
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:30 +0000
    I am signing this petition to save lives not just the beagle from UK but for overall life of everything.
  • Ivandro Shawki
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:26 +0000
  • Anna Hall
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:22 +0000
    This is horrible beagles dont deserve this everyone lets save the puppies
  • Kiran Gill
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:11 +0000
    How can anyone be so cruel and heartless to innocent, defenseless creatures? This is beyond horrifying. These animals suffer in ways we can’t even imagine, all for the sake of experiments that are inhumane and unnecessary. We can’t stand by while this continues. It needs to stop now!
  • Ana Lucía Ceniceros
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:09 +0000
    Thank you for doing this, animals should never get to suffer for our commodity.
  • Christina Chaves
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:01 +0000
  • kim toribio
    signed 2025-12-21 07:16:00 +0000
    end this cruelty
  • Karli Brand
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:51 +0000
  • Sofia Serrano
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:32 +0000
  • Leila Miklósi
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:24 +0000
  • Fabby Min
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:24 +0000
  • Gabrielle Guillaume
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:22 +0000
  • Rosalia Lopez
    signed 2025-12-21 07:15:06 +0000
  • Romeliane Grace Dayanghirang
    signed 2025-12-21 07:14:58 +0000
    Please save the beagles
  • Helen Gkoula
    signed 2025-12-21 07:14:56 +0000
    Save the beagles and all animals that are being tortured,they don’t deserve this