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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Naomi Moyson
    signed 2025-12-20 19:08:19 +0000
    This should not be a petition. This should be human common sense in this time of age.

    These are living creatures, we have enough resources.
  • Shayna Drews
    signed 2025-12-20 19:08:18 +0000
    How can people be so cruel?
  • Chloë Fraser
    signed 2025-12-20 19:08:13 +0000
  • Filippa Degerman
    signed 2025-12-20 19:08:11 +0000
  • Theresa Schäfers
    signed 2025-12-20 19:08:10 +0000
  • Mason Moran
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:48 +0000
  • Gaia Piazzini
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:48 +0000
  • Leona Scerbova
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:44 +0000
    Everybody deserves love
  • Nele Deschouwer
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:39 +0000
    I hate animal abuse! They deserve a good life.
  • Rebeka Kiss
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:26 +0000
  • Vida Tirkkonen
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:26 +0000
  • Nikola Gorecka
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:25 +0000
  • Zuzia
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:22 +0000
  • Melanie Haywood
    signed 2025-12-20 19:07:08 +0000
  • Greg McDonagh
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:53 +0000
  • Jenny Lai
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:45 +0000
  • Teertha Unni
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:41 +0000
  • Popa Karina
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:31 +0000
  • Rosie Hernandez-Lawrence
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:27 +0000
  • Lee Dimick
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:26 +0000
  • Eylül Pinar
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:24 +0000
    Please free those dogs!!!
  • Cyanne Pondant
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:23 +0000
  • gracjan kurowski
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:22 +0000
  • Ísak Örn
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:08 +0000
    I would love to home a dog but i live in iceland and i don’t know if i can get it to the country but you got my vote
  • Zayda Kurey
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:04 +0000
  • Carlota Andrade
    signed 2025-12-20 19:06:00 +0000
  • Christine Phillips
    signed 2025-12-20 19:05:59 +0000
    STOP THE CRUELTY
  • Lizet Van Diepen
    signed 2025-12-20 19:05:54 +0000
    Please save the dogs
  • Mary Heaven
    signed 2025-12-20 19:05:53 +0000
  • Amira Urechean
    signed 2025-12-20 19:05:48 +0000