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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Sharon Davies
    signed 2025-12-01 21:54:54 +0000
  • James Young
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  • Kerry Duffy
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  • Eva Dahl Jarnegren
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  • Lindy Herrick
    signed 2025-12-01 21:53:54 +0000
    This obscene and useless practise which we ve been protesting for years can only be for the benefit of the insane abusers….how they can sleep at night is beyond me. Its been proven animal testing is obselete…we are human…not dog…or cat or mice or monkeys ir any other poor species that are trapped in this horror! Plenty of people wd offer themselves up for trials…use them!
  • Mrs Rita Isaacs
    signed 2025-12-01 21:53:47 +0000
  • Christine Cadden
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  • David Earle
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  • Mathilda Larsson silli
    signed 2025-12-01 21:53:23 +0000
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  • Jacqui Tallack
    signed 2025-12-01 21:53:06 +0000
  • Annette Holland
    signed 2025-12-01 21:52:56 +0000
  • Abi White
    signed 2025-12-01 21:52:11 +0000
  • Deana Rose
    signed 2025-12-01 21:51:55 +0000
  • Dawid Bramowski
    signed 2025-12-01 21:51:30 +0000
    I support ethical treatment of all animals, don’t imprison someone who tries to help those in need
  • Leah Glater
    signed 2025-12-01 21:51:23 +0000
  • Zoe Simpson
    signed 2025-12-01 21:51:11 +0000
    Save these fur babies
  • Rebecca Kelly
    signed 2025-12-01 21:51:05 +0000
  • Andrew Last
    signed 2025-12-01 21:50:45 +0000
    We are living in 2025 – animal testing plays no part in a modern world! Full Stop!
  • Louise Brisley
    signed 2025-12-01 21:50:16 +0000
    Get this horrendous place shut down, those poor dogs, great work to you all out there. I hope you manage to save every single one of those souls they all deserve some love in thier life 💔
  • Frederic Noir
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  • Wayne jenkins
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  • Louise Ogden
    signed 2025-12-01 21:49:00 +0000
    Shut it down!! This is barbaric
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