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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Micah Hutchins
    signed 2025-12-21 03:38:28 +0000
  • Cin
    signed 2025-12-21 03:38:14 +0000
  • Katelyn Barnett
    signed 2025-12-21 03:38:04 +0000
  • Miranda Landin
    signed 2025-12-21 03:38:04 +0000
  • Софья Бурнышева
    signed 2025-12-21 03:38:01 +0000
    All the puppies and the other animals who suffer will be free! <3
  • Rebeckah Filleti
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:59 +0000
    My prayers go out to those innocent pups.
  • debbie xu
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:56 +0000
  • Michaella Generoso
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:52 +0000
    free those goddamn dogs
  • Marl Corro
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:41 +0000
  • Sophia Ocanas
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:21 +0000
  • Aniyah (Dazai) Osamu
    signed 2025-12-21 03:37:06 +0000
  • mollie wye
    signed 2025-12-21 03:36:55 +0000
  • Billie Jade
    signed 2025-12-21 03:36:54 +0000
    these animals are more pure than human kind and do not deserve this torture what have they done!!
  • Ganbat Binderiya
    signed 2025-12-21 03:36:49 +0000
  • Badmarig Munkh-Aldar
    signed 2025-12-21 03:35:45 +0000
    We r so gonna reach this goal soon
  • Carmen Guzman-Murillo
    signed 2025-12-21 03:35:41 +0000
  • Meghan Holohan
    signed 2025-12-21 03:35:34 +0000
  • Abigail Langtry
    signed 2025-12-21 03:35:32 +0000
  • Chi Gonlao
    signed 2025-12-21 03:34:53 +0000
    Signed
  • Siya Sharma
    signed 2025-12-21 03:34:43 +0000
  • Hadlee Sterling
    signed 2025-12-21 03:34:21 +0000
  • Kai Dellamas
    signed 2025-12-21 03:34:21 +0000
    Poor Beagles, you should free them all now before anymore harm is gonna happen to them, theyre so scared, wishing and hoping that someone would rescue them..
  • Vhin Gozon
    signed 2025-12-21 03:33:42 +0000
  • dianne robles
    signed 2025-12-21 03:33:40 +0000
  • Victoria Moss
    signed 2025-12-21 03:33:35 +0000
    No animals deserve this. We kill to eat, just ask other animals do, but animals experimentation is torture and there is no reason for it. It’s cruel and evil. There are safer alternatives.
  • rosyamimi aida
    signed 2025-12-21 03:33:26 +0000
  • Kadalyn Henley
    signed 2025-12-21 03:33:23 +0000
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