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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Louise Paton
    signed 2025-12-18 22:52:38 +0000
  • Tina Kavcic
    signed 2025-12-18 22:49:40 +0000
  • Katy Wilson
    signed 2025-12-18 22:47:56 +0000
  • Wayne Firth
    signed 2025-12-18 22:39:10 +0000
  • Fiona Mitchell
    signed 2025-12-18 22:37:01 +0000
  • Beth Thompson
    signed 2025-12-18 22:31:19 +0000
  • Helen Snowdon
    signed 2025-12-18 22:30:25 +0000
  • Susan Tansley
    signed 2025-12-18 22:29:58 +0000
  • Ирина
    signed 2025-12-18 22:27:57 +0000
  • Valerie Adamson
    signed 2025-12-18 22:26:50 +0000
  • William Pegg
    signed 2025-12-18 22:26:26 +0000
    I voted for a government (Labour) that has not only lied to us, but has made the UK a significantly worse place for animals and the people fighting for their rights. I am ashamed of the unnecessary acts of cruelty passed at the hands of the government. What was the alternative though? Corrupt conservatives or the Reform fascists? Labour had a duty to represent the good people in the UK that want the best for those that live there. I moved away many years ago and it’s actions like this that prove me justified in my decision to leave. Leave the animals alone, reinstate people rights to protest and stop increasing evil and completely unnecessary animal cruelty with your actions! There are other ways to gain information without animal texting, use them!
  • Laura Martini
    signed 2025-12-18 22:25:28 +0000
  • Frances Grout
    signed 2025-12-18 22:24:01 +0000
    There are no words needed this is barbaric torture that should not even exist use ai use technology leave animals alone 😡😡😡😡
  • Linda Archer
    signed 2025-12-18 22:20:25 +0000
    Shut it down now poor babys
  • Barbara Abbot
    signed 2025-12-18 22:17:50 +0000
  • Dana fulcher Dana fulcher
    signed 2025-12-18 22:16:32 +0000
  • Elizabeth Purnell
    signed 2025-12-18 22:07:16 +0000
  • Julia Ordysinska
    signed 2025-12-18 22:05:35 +0000
  • Catherine Cash
    signed 2025-12-18 21:58:52 +0000
  • Jodie Scattergood
    signed 2025-12-18 21:53:37 +0000
  • Gina Zealey
    signed 2025-12-18 21:53:25 +0000
    How in 2025 can any country still be testing and abusing animals,we have more than enough abusers you could be testing on
  • David Broadwood
    signed 2025-12-18 21:49:57 +0000
  • Caley Lynch
    signed 2025-12-18 21:49:54 +0000
    A barbaric practice that we need to stop. When you do nothing, you allow it to continue. These dogs would beg for your help if they could.
  • Julia Palmer-Brown
    signed 2025-12-18 21:45:20 +0000
    Animal testing is just wrong.
  • Lois Winstone
    signed 2025-12-18 21:44:59 +0000
    I intend that the MBR dog torture factory has been shut down and now all the beagles have been rescued

    Bless it be
  • Miss Judith Merson
    signed 2025-12-18 21:44:47 +0000
  • mike angel
    signed 2025-12-18 21:43:00 +0000
  • Lijana Venckeviciute
    signed 2025-12-18 21:37:23 +0000
  • ian challinor
    signed 2025-12-18 21:34:46 +0000
  • Lorraine Bamford
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