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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Tammy Tinkham
    signed 2025-12-06 00:45:16 +0000
    SHUT THEM DOWN!!!! RELEASE THE BEAGLES!!!!!
  • Zoe Fletcher
    signed 2025-12-06 00:45:08 +0000
  • Mary Jones
    signed 2025-12-06 00:41:23 +0000
    They were saved from a life of hell.
  • Tarquin Grossman
    signed 2025-12-06 00:35:41 +0000
  • Peter Harrman
    signed 2025-12-06 00:35:00 +0000
  • Alex Thompson
    signed 2025-12-06 00:25:44 +0000
  • Rachel Dunseith
    signed 2025-12-06 00:25:06 +0000
  • Daniel Watson
    signed 2025-12-06 00:24:14 +0000
    Animal testing is cruel
  • Elaine Thompson
    signed 2025-12-06 00:23:40 +0000
    This brutal barbaric sadistic cruelty has to stop!!
  • Beverly Aigen
    signed 2025-12-06 00:22:13 +0000
  • Christine Donnelly
    signed 2025-12-06 00:21:16 +0000
  • Donna Whiffin
    signed 2025-12-06 00:20:41 +0000
    Testing on animals is cruel and shameful. There is no reason on earth why this is still allowed to carry on in this country. Pointless torture of innocent beagles (and the other animals) is heartbreaking.
  • Sally Hodgson
    signed 2025-12-06 00:20:13 +0000
  • Adrienne Pesin
    signed 2025-12-06 00:14:17 +0000
    Animals are intelligent and emotional, and are not ours to severely confine, imprison, deny pleasure, torture and cause them extreme sickness, pain and terror. There are alternatives and everything has a moral decency line we must never cross. It’s almost 2026- time to evolve into truly human beings with hearts and souls and common decency.
  • Gabriella Kyriacou
    signed 2025-12-06 00:11:29 +0000
  • Grace Porter
    signed 2025-12-06 00:10:29 +0000
  • Katie Hancock
    signed 2025-12-06 00:09:41 +0000
    This needs to stop!
  • Sarah Bettell
    signed 2025-12-06 00:07:55 +0000
  • Stacey Whitlock
    signed 2025-12-06 00:06:31 +0000
  • Karolina Sliwa
    signed 2025-12-06 00:05:32 +0000
  • Cara Knight
    signed 2025-12-06 00:00:15 +0000
  • Bella Varcoe
    signed 2025-12-05 23:53:57 +0000
  • Ori Barber
    signed 2025-12-05 23:48:11 +0000
  • Laura Lacerenza
    signed 2025-12-05 23:45:49 +0000
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  • Cynthia Bergh
    signed 2025-12-05 23:45:08 +0000
  • Chris Atkinson
    signed 2025-12-05 23:40:47 +0000
    It’s disgusting the way we treat innocent animals ….if you need to test something. Do it on murderers etc
  • S Stafford
    signed 2025-12-05 23:40:04 +0000
  • Stephanie Mudie
    signed 2025-12-05 23:39:09 +0000
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    signed 2025-12-05 23:36:55 +0000