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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Patricia Baril
    signed 2025-12-21 05:22:43 +0000
  • Lylah Ren
    signed 2025-12-21 05:22:33 +0000
    Good luck!
  • miley t
    signed 2025-12-21 05:22:28 +0000
  • Beatriz Sugahara
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  • Ethan Montero
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  • Maria Carvajal
    signed 2025-12-21 05:22:11 +0000
    Merecen VIVIR merecen AMOR merecen LIBERTAD
  • Abiani Madrid
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  • Inez M
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:39 +0000
  • Juan Canales
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:38 +0000
    Dogs are gods gift to humanity ❤️
  • izza pizza
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:30 +0000
  • Judith Martinez-Julian
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:24 +0000
  • Daria Taylor
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:21 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:19 +0000
  • Kaitlin Kraushaar
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:05 +0000
  • emme healey
    signed 2025-12-21 05:21:03 +0000
  • Alivia Macintyre
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:58 +0000
  • Emily Ramirez
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:57 +0000
  • Anaid Salas Morales
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:52 +0000
    The suffering and slaving have to come to an end for all sentient beings. Liberation for all!!!
  • Althea
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:45 +0000
  • Saidy Carballo
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:43 +0000
    Please stop this unfairness, it’s not necessary to test on animals.
  • Princess Kelly
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:36 +0000
  • Piseth Lalyza
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:35 +0000
    It break my heart to know that we are lucky enough to have this creature and this giving planet that give us everything and ask for nothing and in return we taken it for granted I hope this action and be a small voice to help thousand of life that need freedom
  • Liliya Stoyanova
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:28 +0000
  • Luciano Perrine
    signed 2025-12-21 05:20:23 +0000
  • Rene Beyer
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  • Aubrey A
    signed 2025-12-21 05:19:47 +0000
  • Anthony Thompson
    signed 2025-12-21 05:19:47 +0000
    This is absolutely vile and it should be abolished and the beagles deserve a better life than this and its disgusting behavior that God would never allow to happen to any of his creatures or by one of his creatures. The people that do this deserve nothing but the worst in their lives.