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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Teal Frost
    signed 2025-12-11 12:40:16 +0000
  • Fran Batin
    signed 2025-12-11 12:37:32 +0000
  • jade keegan
    signed 2025-12-11 12:34:04 +0000
    What the government are doing is wrong ! I own a beagle and they are the loveliest and funniest anaimals you’ll ever meet. This IS a crime and it needs to be stopped.
  • Mary Strain
    signed 2025-12-11 12:29:26 +0000
  • Bernadette Gustin
    signed 2025-12-11 12:29:24 +0000
  • Rosa Morris
    signed 2025-12-11 12:28:53 +0000
    End this horrific abuse of animals NOW
  • Rita Long
    signed 2025-12-11 12:27:18 +0000
    Shut down the MBR Acres. There is no need to test all this Stuff on the Dogis or other Animal. Who gave Mankind the Right to do so. It’s Time to put an End to this. Animals are feeling Creatures, so are Beagles, Dogs, Cats and other Species.
  • Anne paton
    signed 2025-12-11 12:23:56 +0000
    This must stop and now
  • Nicola Roper
    signed 2025-12-11 12:22:57 +0000
  • Rebecca Cooper
    signed 2025-12-11 12:19:13 +0000
    Please close it down- l beg you 🙏💔we can’t let them go through any more pain! Until every puppy saved 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️💜💖💛🩵💚they need to be loved 🙏💛💛💛they’re waiting to be saved and do the right thing 🙏
  • Nikki Darch
    signed 2025-12-11 12:18:06 +0000
  • Greg Clarkel
    signed 2025-12-11 12:15:05 +0000
  • Angela Tonner
    signed 2025-12-11 12:12:28 +0000
  • Emily Speedy
    signed 2025-12-11 12:09:31 +0000
  • Karen Woodland
    signed 2025-12-11 12:08:38 +0000
  • Susie Spear
    signed 2025-12-11 12:07:27 +0000
  • Amy Gaunt
    signed 2025-12-11 12:02:42 +0000
  • Vanessa Mitchell
    signed 2025-12-11 12:01:43 +0000
  • Dionne Middleton
    signed 2025-12-11 11:57:41 +0000
  • April Sargant
    signed 2025-12-11 11:53:11 +0000
  • Sarah Williams
    signed 2025-12-11 11:47:19 +0000
  • Mary Bell
    signed 2025-12-11 11:46:54 +0000
  • Jennifer Carchietta
    signed 2025-12-11 11:44:03 +0000
  • Nina Welk
    signed 2025-12-11 11:41:02 +0000
    Be more productive with the above alternatives and stop this horrible treatment. I wish for every person conducting animal testing that karma will get you.
  • Emad M
    signed 2025-12-11 11:38:17 +0000
    I am with you
  • Jo Grahame Jo Grahame
    signed 2025-12-11 11:36:53 +0000
  • Susan Wadham
    signed 2025-12-11 11:35:45 +0000
  • Lyndon Jenkins
    signed 2025-12-11 11:30:01 +0000
  • Julie Pickrell
    signed 2025-12-11 11:27:29 +0000
  • Sandra Arnold
    signed 2025-12-11 11:24:27 +0000
    Animals share this planet equally with us.

    They are not here to be used and abused for any reason.