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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Katja Vučemilović Šimunović
    signed 2025-12-01 17:16:33 +0000
  • Xina Bolt
    signed 2025-12-01 17:16:27 +0000
  • Tony Bittner-Collins
    signed 2025-12-01 17:16:26 +0000
  • Laura Lloyd
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  • Charlotte Goord
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  • Leyla Robinson
    signed 2025-12-01 17:14:43 +0000
  • Kathryn Llewellyn
    signed 2025-12-01 17:13:33 +0000
    She done this with the best intentions of helping stop the suffering of innocent defenceless animals.

    Sometimes as a human being it’s hard to switch off the images of all them defenceless animals with there pleading eyes for there needles suffering to stop.
  • Marisa Allen
    signed 2025-12-01 17:12:51 +0000
  • Harry Pickering
    signed 2025-12-01 17:12:47 +0000
  • Jo Bell
    signed 2025-12-01 17:11:56 +0000
  • Julie Lewis
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    signed 2025-12-01 17:10:56 +0000
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  • Sophie Bridgewater
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  • Sameera Mohsin
    signed 2025-12-01 17:10:16 +0000
  • Janet Beckwith
    signed 2025-12-01 17:09:51 +0000
    Test on lifers in prison as ur testing on pups for the humans this needs to stop
  • Zo smith
    signed 2025-12-01 17:09:47 +0000
    This is an outdated practice that should never of been introduced in the first place pure cruelty disgraceful
  • Lynn Hodsdon
    signed 2025-12-01 17:08:09 +0000
  • Kester Asbury Asbury
    signed 2025-12-01 17:07:45 +0000
  • Xander Perez
    signed 2025-12-01 17:06:25 +0000
  • Pamela Reynolds
    signed 2025-12-01 17:05:52 +0000
    The activities of MBR Acres is despicable and should be illegal. The people inflicting this harm on dogs should be held accountable. The British government is amoral to let this happen. Shame on them.
  • Charlie Craig
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