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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Mrs K E Brown
    signed 2025-12-01 18:28:36 +0000
  • Lauren Aitchison
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  • Karolina Korolija
    signed 2025-12-01 18:27:55 +0000
  • Donna Shields
    signed 2025-12-01 18:27:36 +0000
    Totally 💯 agree that animal testing is abhorrent
  • Leanne Shaw
    signed 2025-12-01 18:27:05 +0000
    Disgrace
  • Laurent Gauché
    signed 2025-12-01 18:26:58 +0000
  • Alex Copeman
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  • Suzie Simpson
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  • Susan Addison
    signed 2025-12-01 18:25:33 +0000
  • Chris Peters
    signed 2025-12-01 18:24:48 +0000
    Still experimenting on innocent beings? Barbaric savages.
  • Kamil Klodzinski
    signed 2025-12-01 18:24:47 +0000
  • Neerja Bhatia
    signed 2025-12-01 18:24:15 +0000
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  • Jennifer Swimley
    signed 2025-12-01 18:23:51 +0000
  • Anna Sofia Einen Bergstrand
    signed 2025-12-01 18:23:51 +0000
  • Taylor Priest
    signed 2025-12-01 18:23:50 +0000
    Our laws should prevent this situation from existing. When they do not and brave citizens stand up for the vulnerable and defenseless victims, judges should recognize, and have the ability to declare, that the law violates basic moral decency and rescind them. This hero deserves our voices and protection. That the law would consider punishing her is unconscionable.
  • Chloe Coleshill
    signed 2025-12-01 18:23:16 +0000
  • Gemma Bloom
    signed 2025-12-01 18:22:48 +0000
  • Lynne Heckler
    signed 2025-12-01 18:22:28 +0000
    There should be no cruelty to any animal!!
  • Ashley Viveash
    signed 2025-12-01 18:22:10 +0000
    End this absolute horror show!!
  • Sonia Kelly
    signed 2025-12-01 18:21:12 +0000
  • Jane Berry
    signed 2025-12-01 18:20:56 +0000
    Stop this cruel testing on the dogs and all animals. I have seen lots of uncover torture that happens to these animals for testing and left to die in pain. It’s absolutely disgusting in this day and age that the government are allowing this to happen. This must stop! Send people from parliament to see what is happening inside. Only for vegan activist, showing what is really happening. Not sure why this is hidden and happening in this day and age. And this girl/ woman should not be doing time inside for rescuing dogs from getting tortured. Please stop this cruelty
  • Daphne Dunks
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  • Denise Crosland
    signed 2025-12-01 18:20:08 +0000
    Disturbing Sub Human….."HELL ON EARTH>>>
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