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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Joan Dutton
    signed 2025-12-05 18:52:51 +0000
    With you all the way
  • Julia Pooley
    signed 2025-12-05 18:52:24 +0000
  • Ilona Vanburgh
    signed 2025-12-05 18:51:53 +0000
  • Karen Kerslake
    signed 2025-12-05 18:51:42 +0000
    This treatment of dogs/puppies and other animals is so wrong on so many levels
  • Julie Jackson
    signed 2025-12-05 18:51:32 +0000
  • Peter Black
    signed 2025-12-05 18:51:23 +0000
  • Lynne Lees
    signed 2025-12-05 18:51:23 +0000
  • Tim Galvin
    signed 2025-12-05 18:50:02 +0000
    I am not a beagle. Test on something that will work. Leave the babies alone.
  • Heidi Maseduca
    signed 2025-12-05 18:49:26 +0000
    This place must be shut down! This is pure evil!Prosecute the people who run this and employees!
  • Alison Westwood
    signed 2025-12-05 18:48:58 +0000
  • Glenn Rackham
    signed 2025-12-05 18:48:52 +0000
  • Denise Davidson
    signed 2025-12-05 18:47:12 +0000
  • Poppy Spencer
    signed 2025-12-05 18:46:45 +0000
  • Mark Miley
    signed 2025-12-05 18:46:44 +0000
  • Serena Holmes
    signed 2025-12-05 18:46:21 +0000
  • Joanne Makowski
    signed 2025-12-05 18:45:21 +0000
  • Louise Howard
    signed 2025-12-05 18:44:31 +0000
  • Tee Slotar
    signed 2025-12-05 18:41:54 +0000
  • Sonia Harwood
    signed 2025-12-05 18:41:45 +0000
    We are better than this.

    Please shut down all animal testing.

    Breaks my heart
  • Anthony Griffiths
    signed 2025-12-05 18:39:21 +0000
  • Jane Lloyd
    signed 2025-12-05 18:32:45 +0000
  • Terry Rayner
    signed 2025-12-05 18:30:00 +0000
  • Susan McFadden
    signed 2025-12-05 18:24:26 +0000
  • Mary Griffin
    signed 2025-12-05 18:22:33 +0000
  • Robert Armstrong
    signed 2025-12-05 18:20:59 +0000
  • Maureen Saunders
    signed 2025-12-05 18:15:56 +0000
  • Valerie Challis
    signed 2025-12-05 18:14:37 +0000
  • Karen Rashbrook
    signed 2025-12-05 18:13:34 +0000
  • Natasha Prasad
    signed 2025-12-05 18:07:37 +0000
  • Jane Mills
    signed 2025-12-05 18:07:28 +0000
    I seem to have bern signing these fir thr last 30 years …all those pure beautiful dogs treated so badly …criminal