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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Debora Bracey
    signed 2025-11-29 11:46:09 +0000
  • Melanie Gould
    signed 2025-11-29 11:45:30 +0000
  • Jodie Morgan
    signed 2025-11-29 11:40:27 +0000
  • Rosanne Richardson
    signed 2025-11-29 11:32:35 +0000
  • Jessica Falcioni
    signed 2025-11-29 11:28:09 +0000
  • Karen Chan
    signed 2025-11-29 11:20:14 +0000
  • shaz Alen
    signed 2025-11-29 11:16:41 +0000
    So heartbreaking to make beagles suffer in so much agony.. shame on those leaving the dogs in agony
  • Ĺinda Price
    signed 2025-11-29 11:06:25 +0000
  • kimberley dent kimberley dent
    signed 2025-11-29 11:00:21 +0000
  • Shirley Arnsby
    signed 2025-11-29 10:57:44 +0000
  • Debra Gibbons
    signed 2025-11-29 10:50:49 +0000
  • Sarah McCormick
    signed 2025-11-29 10:42:29 +0000
  • Patricia Hollingworth
    signed 2025-11-29 10:38:42 +0000
  • Michelle Eusoff
    signed 2025-11-29 10:38:29 +0000
    Stop animal cruelty!!!! Let the dogs go!!!!
  • Michael Sawbridge
    signed 2025-11-29 10:38:29 +0000
  • Jenny Cameron
    signed 2025-11-29 10:35:18 +0000
  • Gwen Gibson
    signed 2025-11-29 10:26:24 +0000
    This is so cruel so are the humans doing this
  • Amy Carter
    signed 2025-11-29 10:16:15 +0000
  • Andrew Whitcher
    signed 2025-11-29 10:15:05 +0000
  • Janet Miles
    signed 2025-11-29 10:13:50 +0000
  • karen Bentley-Brown
    signed 2025-11-29 10:08:08 +0000
  • Kelly Bullock
    signed 2025-11-29 10:02:31 +0000
  • Marcelina Piras
    signed 2025-11-29 09:43:48 +0000
  • Virginia O’Neill
    signed 2025-11-29 09:41:12 +0000
  • Paula Bentley
    signed 2025-11-29 09:17:51 +0000
    It is disgusting that in 2025, with all the technological advances, that we are still using animal testing. It is barbaric and must end.
  • Suzanne Rolt
    signed 2025-11-29 09:11:53 +0000
    How can this still be happening? It’s horrific and if we call ourselves civilised, it’s time to make good on that by bringing this to an end.
  • Jessica Slade
    signed 2025-11-29 09:08:23 +0000
    The time to end this barbaric practice of animal testing is long overdue
  • Elishia Perrett
    signed 2025-11-29 08:59:13 +0000
    There are other ways to test

    Have a heart the beagles do and feelings too just the same as humans.
  • Michelle Notaro
    signed 2025-11-29 08:58:55 +0000
  • Arc Centre
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