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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Evie Hinchliffe
    signed 2025-12-03 18:32:01 +0000
    No innocent animal should be locked away and be deprived of love. Animal testing needs to be banned!
  • Hazel Thorne
    signed 2025-12-03 18:31:18 +0000
  • Natascha Kooiman
    signed 2025-12-03 18:30:47 +0000
  • Sara Sancaster
    signed 2025-12-03 18:30:24 +0000
    It is clearly SO wrong what they’re doing to those poor dogs and it needs to stop!!
  • Emma Moss
    signed 2025-12-03 18:29:23 +0000
  • Katie Thompson
    signed 2025-12-03 18:28:45 +0000
    Stop all animal testing and don’t punish the ones who do what is morally correct!
  • Kate Larkin
    signed 2025-12-03 18:27:16 +0000
  • Sandra Murray
    signed 2025-12-03 18:25:47 +0000
  • Sheryl Stokes
    signed 2025-12-03 18:22:19 +0000
  • Karis Cowan
    signed 2025-12-03 18:21:33 +0000
    Ban animal testing
  • Catherine Firth
    signed 2025-12-03 18:21:28 +0000
  • Susie Lind
    signed 2025-12-03 18:21:14 +0000
  • Joe Reeve
    signed 2025-12-03 18:20:23 +0000
  • Aaron Muir
    signed 2025-12-03 18:19:45 +0000
  • Cruz Dunbar
    signed 2025-12-03 18:17:47 +0000
    Save the dogs
  • Lynda Edwards
    signed 2025-12-03 18:13:38 +0000
  • Poppy Reynolds
    signed 2025-12-03 18:12:49 +0000
  • jean Pope
    signed 2025-12-03 18:11:45 +0000
  • Dilys Jannis
    signed 2025-12-03 18:11:14 +0000
  • Chelsea Woodhall
    signed 2025-12-03 18:11:09 +0000
    Why should someone get more time for rescuing an animal than someone who absuses them does
  • Angela Jones
    signed 2025-12-03 18:10:42 +0000
  • Ella Lowey
    signed 2025-12-03 18:09:33 +0000
    This is the quickest petition I have signed … my heart
  • Roisin Murray
    signed 2025-12-03 18:09:25 +0000
  • Ruth Newnham
    signed 2025-12-03 18:09:05 +0000
  • Adam Farrar
    signed 2025-12-03 18:08:40 +0000
    Utterly insane that in this day and age we are still testing on animals. Something which is proved to be flawed science. Where is the humanity? A nation of supposed animal lovers…
  • Deborah Robertson
    signed 2025-12-03 18:06:51 +0000
  • David OConnor
    signed 2025-12-03 18:06:46 +0000
  • Shelby Lovetere
    signed 2025-12-03 18:05:15 +0000
    I stand with Hannah. There is absolutely no reason in this day and age why we should still have to test on poor, helpless animals.
  • Courtney Blahnik
    signed 2025-12-03 18:03:32 +0000
    ANIMAL TESTING IS WRONG AND UNNECESSARY IN THIS DAY AND AGE!!!!
  • Dorothy Read
    signed 2025-12-03 18:02:46 +0000