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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Suzanne Neal
    signed 2025-12-20 12:06:25 +0000
  • Wendy Anson
    signed 2025-12-20 12:04:15 +0000
  • Judith Dunn
    signed 2025-12-20 12:04:10 +0000
  • sandra Trask
    signed 2025-12-20 11:57:51 +0000
  • Susan Hartley
    signed 2025-12-20 11:55:19 +0000
    Unnecessary cruelty
  • Kelly Merritt
    signed 2025-12-20 11:53:56 +0000
  • Beth Culp
    signed 2025-12-20 11:41:54 +0000
  • Anthony Woolmington
    signed 2025-12-20 11:38:08 +0000
  • Susan Foster
    signed 2025-12-20 11:32:26 +0000
  • jane jupe
    signed 2025-12-20 11:27:53 +0000
    Absolutely disgusting what they are doing to these animals!!!
  • Cody Wright
    signed 2025-12-20 11:25:39 +0000
    Test on convicted pedophiles instead of innocent animals
  • Ellie Wring
    signed 2025-12-20 11:23:59 +0000
  • Angela Whitty
    signed 2025-12-20 11:18:32 +0000
  • Dominique Smith
    signed 2025-12-20 11:14:58 +0000
  • Heather Sayles
    signed 2025-12-20 11:12:31 +0000
  • Sam W
    signed 2025-12-20 11:11:32 +0000
    Thank you for your work
  • Tracey Sanderson
    signed 2025-12-20 11:07:28 +0000
  • Nanine Reid
    signed 2025-12-20 11:05:50 +0000
    The fact you use beagles to test and kill them from your test or blind them or remove their vocal chords is atrocious and cruel, unnecessary abuse to animals who don’t deserve to be caged and abused at your hands. You are evil people and justice will be seed I honor of these dogs one day. I hope wvey single one of you abusers goes to jail for your crimes against these dogs!
  • Katarzyna Flak
    signed 2025-12-20 11:02:57 +0000
  • Dawn evans
    signed 2025-12-20 10:49:41 +0000
  • Tania Revill
    signed 2025-12-20 10:47:57 +0000
  • Eamon Gaughan
    signed 2025-12-20 10:42:23 +0000
  • Margaret Boswell
    signed 2025-12-20 10:21:20 +0000
    Why are these places still in existence? I remember trying to get places like this closed down, and signing when I was in my youth, what happened to those signatures? I’m over 80 now

    Anyone taking any part of this shameful unneccessary testing should be throughly disgusted with themselves and everyone else supporting such cruelty!

    Are you a

    Do as you would be done by?

    Or

    Be done by as you did?
  • Lisa Bendall
    signed 2025-12-20 10:19:37 +0000
  • Teresa Frazzetto
    signed 2025-12-20 10:11:09 +0000
    BAN ANIMAL TESTING WORLD WIDE! SAVE ALL ANIMALS!!
  • Sarah Barham
    signed 2025-12-20 10:08:45 +0000
    It’s time to end this abhorrent practice of testing on sentient beings and upgrade to alternative, cruelty-free methods of testing that already exist. Humanity can do better than this. Make the right choice.
  • Jane Griffin
    signed 2025-12-20 10:02:01 +0000
  • Julie Cockra
    signed 2025-12-20 09:51:42 +0000
  • Debbie Head
    signed 2025-12-20 09:51:32 +0000
    Sickening this needs to stop
  • Erin Gwilt
    signed 2025-12-20 09:49:17 +0000