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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Michael Shaw
    signed 2025-12-11 09:46:22 +0000
  • Diane Bundy
    signed 2025-12-11 09:45:32 +0000
  • Carol Packer
    signed 2025-12-11 09:44:52 +0000
    These animals are not goods they are living feeling sentient animals who fear pain as we humans do. They should not be made to live in a cage and only brought out to be experimented on and suffer. We now have many other methods of testing drugs and household products stop all animal testing now.
  • lynn travers
    signed 2025-12-11 09:39:37 +0000
  • Sandra Vilas
    signed 2025-12-11 09:37:51 +0000
    These Beautiful puppies need love, freedom, walks etc.. & MBR Acres is an evil concentration camp that tortures these poor dogs & therefore it needs to be shut down immediately & for good!!
  • Shivendra Naidoo
    signed 2025-12-11 09:35:54 +0000
  • Clara Price
    signed 2025-12-11 09:33:17 +0000
  • Beverley Stevens
    signed 2025-12-11 09:32:58 +0000
  • Fiona A Barr
    signed 2025-12-11 09:30:19 +0000
  • Andrea Ryder
    signed 2025-12-11 09:28:46 +0000
    Close this hell hole
  • Julie Richards
    signed 2025-12-11 09:27:56 +0000
  • Kyle Jones
    signed 2025-12-11 09:27:33 +0000
  • Lynnette Swarbrick
    signed 2025-12-11 09:24:42 +0000
  • Patricia Burling
    signed 2025-12-11 09:24:27 +0000
  • Pauline Mcmurray
    signed 2025-12-11 09:24:25 +0000
  • Harry Palmer
    signed 2025-12-11 09:24:20 +0000
  • Majella Whelan
    signed 2025-12-11 09:22:24 +0000
  • Alison Sarjo
    signed 2025-12-11 09:20:56 +0000
  • Ellen Edwards
    signed 2025-12-11 09:20:54 +0000
  • Jayne Munn
    signed 2025-12-11 09:19:40 +0000
  • Johannah Gibbs
    signed 2025-12-11 09:14:28 +0000
    This company needs to be shut down for good!
  • Melanie Corbett
    signed 2025-12-11 09:13:20 +0000
  • Samantha Tremlin
    signed 2025-12-11 09:08:34 +0000
  • Lesley Ashton
    signed 2025-12-11 09:05:49 +0000
  • Anna Thompson
    signed 2025-12-11 08:58:02 +0000
  • Yvonne Freund-Bossert
    signed 2025-12-11 08:56:17 +0000
  • Charlotte Noble
    signed 2025-12-11 08:55:49 +0000
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  • Gel Edmead
    signed 2025-12-11 08:54:53 +0000
  • Gill Meningen
    signed 2025-12-11 08:51:15 +0000
    I’ve been campaigning for years and still it goes on this is legalised cruelty and must STOP if you treated your pet dog like this you would be prosecuted. Come on government no double standards a life is a life