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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Hannah Alexander
    signed 2025-12-11 07:05:09 +0000
  • Rachel Breeze
    signed 2025-12-11 07:01:07 +0000
  • Louise Mayo
    signed 2025-12-11 07:00:13 +0000
    If this was a member of the public they would be procescuted & banned from owning any animal for life, so how are these getting away with such vile acts. Horrible, Horrible people..

    SAVE THE BEAGLES..
  • Janet Ashby
    signed 2025-12-11 06:59:10 +0000
    This torture of animals needs to stop now
  • Sarah Hellewell
    signed 2025-12-11 06:53:38 +0000
  • Tim Pope
    signed 2025-12-11 06:53:25 +0000
  • Rebecca Garrett
    signed 2025-12-11 06:52:43 +0000
  • Danielle Murray
    signed 2025-12-11 06:51:41 +0000
  • Rebecca Fowler
    signed 2025-12-11 06:51:24 +0000
  • Tamara Pavesi
    signed 2025-12-11 06:47:02 +0000
  • Stephanie Boggian
    signed 2025-12-11 06:43:04 +0000
  • Suraj Sah
    signed 2025-12-11 06:42:13 +0000
  • Lynne Kiff
    signed 2025-12-11 06:41:26 +0000
  • Trudi Hawksworth
    signed 2025-12-11 06:41:17 +0000
  • Sophie Fitzgerald
    signed 2025-12-11 06:37:49 +0000
  • Alethea Jones
    signed 2025-12-11 06:32:33 +0000
  • Lee Byrne
    signed 2025-12-11 06:32:33 +0000
  • Helen Dunne
    signed 2025-12-11 06:24:35 +0000
    Bring back lynching for ALL animal abusers and breeders 🤬
  • Celeste Snowden
    signed 2025-12-11 06:20:32 +0000
  • Evil Clown
    signed 2025-12-11 06:17:46 +0000
  • Zoe Goode
    signed 2025-12-11 06:13:50 +0000
  • Maggie Maslin
    signed 2025-12-11 06:06:22 +0000
  • Anne Sadler
    signed 2025-12-11 06:01:08 +0000
    End the barbaric practice! Beagles are God’s creatures, too. They have every capacity we do to feel and have emotions. They are thinking and loving beings.
  • Susan bialas Bialas
    signed 2025-12-11 05:55:41 +0000
  • Andrea Mcgrellis
    signed 2025-12-11 05:52:10 +0000
  • Laurie Green
    signed 2025-12-11 05:49:15 +0000
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  • Christine McDougall
    signed 2025-12-11 05:44:59 +0000
  • Tracey Lumor
    signed 2025-12-11 05:38:26 +0000
    Stop this cruelty of innocent animals. Well done to the team of people rescuing the beagles from a life living in hell . Stop the testing now ,there is no need for it
  • Akshay Shrinagesh
    signed 2025-12-11 05:37:25 +0000