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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Anne Finnigan
    signed 2025-12-15 17:33:21 +0000
  • Diana Carr
    signed 2025-12-15 17:31:10 +0000
  • Nina Carey
    signed 2025-12-15 17:30:54 +0000
  • Sharon D'Santoa
    signed 2025-12-15 17:13:53 +0000
  • Lynne Owen
    signed 2025-12-15 17:12:25 +0000
  • Yvonne Courtney
    signed 2025-12-15 17:11:59 +0000
    Barbaric torture..stop it NOW
  • Tracey Robinson
    signed 2025-12-15 17:04:23 +0000
  • Charlie Mattinson
    signed 2025-12-15 16:58:04 +0000
  • Monika Janczuk
    signed 2025-12-15 16:57:27 +0000
  • Pauline Turner
    signed 2025-12-15 16:56:14 +0000
  • Andreas Meyer
    signed 2025-12-15 16:51:16 +0000
  • Suzannah Scantlebury
    signed 2025-12-15 16:50:10 +0000
  • Marise Purdy
    signed 2025-12-15 16:44:22 +0000
    This has been going on for far too long it has to stop!
  • Sophie Haskins
    signed 2025-12-15 16:37:00 +0000
  • Millie Teague
    signed 2025-12-15 16:35:57 +0000
  • Leeann Thompson
    signed 2025-12-15 16:34:27 +0000
  • Gloria Gardner
    signed 2025-12-15 16:31:36 +0000
  • Hazel Wheatcroft
    signed 2025-12-15 16:29:54 +0000
  • Tracy Bishop
    signed 2025-12-15 16:29:21 +0000
    Please shut this place down no more beagles should suffer or die at their hamds
  • ryliegh ingalls
    signed 2025-12-15 16:23:27 +0000
  • Tracy simpson
    signed 2025-12-15 16:22:35 +0000
    Bloody cruelty at its worse stop this now
  • Kaitlyn Norris
    signed 2025-12-15 16:08:25 +0000
  • Michele Dashwood
    signed 2025-12-15 16:08:00 +0000
  • David Childs
    signed 2025-12-15 15:57:36 +0000
  • Dawn Moore
    signed 2025-12-15 15:52:57 +0000
    Please ban these barbaric horror places .these dogs do not deserve this evil life .they didn’t ask to be born into a torture life .

    The people doing this …YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED ..AND LOCKED UP IN JAIL .YOUR NOT HUMAN .YOUR MONSTERS
  • Carole Campbell
    signed 2025-12-15 15:46:34 +0000
  • James Lloyd James Lloyd
    signed 2025-12-15 15:45:29 +0000
  • Brenda Briggs
    signed 2025-12-15 15:39:33 +0000
    The testing on these animals needs to stop.
  • Hayley Ashcroft
    signed 2025-12-15 15:38:53 +0000
  • Hannah McDaniel
    signed 2025-12-15 15:35:38 +0000
    Save the animals ✊🏼✊🏼