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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Barbara Allsopp
    signed 2025-12-05 21:57:32 +0000
  • Gabriela Esteves
    signed 2025-12-05 21:56:37 +0000
  • Tina Thompson
    signed 2025-12-05 21:56:30 +0000
  • Missy D
    signed 2025-12-05 21:55:05 +0000
    Free the beagles. Shut down MBR acres!
  • Tom Southgate
    signed 2025-12-05 21:54:41 +0000
  • Nikita Byers
    signed 2025-12-05 21:54:11 +0000
  • Rafe King
    signed 2025-12-05 21:54:03 +0000
  • Kristi Mann
    signed 2025-12-05 21:50:29 +0000
  • Sarah Brown
    signed 2025-12-05 21:49:45 +0000
    Animal experimentation should be confined to the history books as an abomination created by those without feelings or thoughts or scientific knowledge. How can this still be happening when the scientific methodologies available that DO NOT use animals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects in their research, are FAR SUPERIOR in every sense; scientifically and ethically.
  • Deborah Sharpe
    signed 2025-12-05 21:49:34 +0000
    How can this hell continue?
  • Kieran Exley
    signed 2025-12-05 21:49:31 +0000
  • Leila Shirvani
    signed 2025-12-05 21:47:34 +0000
  • Senjuti Paul
    signed 2025-12-05 21:45:08 +0000
  • adele attard
    signed 2025-12-05 21:43:14 +0000
  • Kellymay Worrall-Nelson
    signed 2025-12-05 21:43:11 +0000
  • Julie Anderson-Malanga
    signed 2025-12-05 21:40:43 +0000
    This is sick! 🤢 I continue to be disgusted with any animal being used for “research” !!!!!! They are treated terribly, enduring torturous pain and killed! What type of monsters can do this for “research” that doesn’t even benefit humans??? And, all of these colleges also allow this to happen! If the students only knew what was going on behind closed doors! And, as tax payers we are footed the bill for govt research, as well!!!!!!! WRONG on so many levels!
  • Louisa Kyriacou
    signed 2025-12-05 21:36:22 +0000
  • Anja Müller
    signed 2025-12-05 21:32:45 +0000
  • Michael Falkenburg
    signed 2025-12-05 21:29:23 +0000
  • Michelle Humes
    signed 2025-12-05 21:26:08 +0000
  • Maya Williams
    signed 2025-12-05 21:25:50 +0000
  • Viv Seears
    signed 2025-12-05 21:24:10 +0000
  • Gayle Forsyth
    signed 2025-12-05 21:23:42 +0000
  • Gina Giannetti
    signed 2025-12-05 21:23:01 +0000
  • Stella Weston
    signed 2025-12-05 21:23:00 +0000
    I am absolutely horrified that this cruelty is allowed. This facility needs to be closed down and the poor dogs given loving caring homes.
  • Margaret Roper
    signed 2025-12-05 21:22:34 +0000
  • Sarah Watkins
    signed 2025-12-05 21:18:01 +0000
  • Terina Notz
    signed 2025-12-05 21:17:38 +0000
    We try to fool the world we are animal lovers and yet this is happening in our own country …. disgraceful! It must be stopped animal testing is inhumane and not a true representation of the test
  • Faith Walker
    signed 2025-12-05 21:17:08 +0000
    Needs to stop now 😫
  • Janine Novo-Smith
    signed 2025-12-05 21:15:24 +0000