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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Gabriella Marks
    signed 2025-11-26 17:08:12 +0000
  • Laurence Destrebecq
    signed 2025-11-26 17:07:48 +0000
  • Keri Jones
    signed 2025-11-26 17:07:32 +0000
  • Debra Alexander
    signed 2025-11-26 17:06:36 +0000
  • Simone Gilks
    signed 2025-11-26 17:04:10 +0000
  • Angela Bryan
    signed 2025-11-26 17:03:46 +0000
  • Cherie Blackstock
    signed 2025-11-26 17:01:39 +0000
  • Lisa Sinclair
    signed 2025-11-26 17:01:34 +0000
  • Nicola Jess
    signed 2025-11-26 17:01:00 +0000
    This is barbaric wrong and completely uneccessary. I don’t know how some people can sleep knowing the torture and pain they inflict.
  • Elaine Ageli
    signed 2025-11-26 17:00:10 +0000
  • Joanna Nowacka
    signed 2025-11-26 16:58:34 +0000
  • Gwyneth Drapier
    signed 2025-11-26 16:58:23 +0000
  • Moira farrell
    signed 2025-11-26 16:57:40 +0000
    This kind of horrendous animal cruelty is totally barbaric and Unnecessary. If medicines need to be tested, we have enough murderers paedophiles and rapists, who should have no rights due to their crimes, to test on and the results should be more positive as they are ‘ human’ but I use that term loosely!
  • Eloise Enver
    signed 2025-11-26 16:57:32 +0000
  • Maureen Cribb
    signed 2025-11-26 16:56:25 +0000
  • Wiktoria Fydrych
    signed 2025-11-26 16:54:14 +0000
    No animal should spend their life trapped in a barren cage, never knowing love, grass under their paws, or the outside world. The suffering these beagles endure is unnecessary, outdated, and utterly cruel. We have modern alternatives to animal testing but these dogs are still being bred only to be harmed. This is not science, it is exploitation. It’s time to shut down MBR Acres and give these animals the humane treatment every living being deserves
  • James Shipway
    signed 2025-11-26 16:53:49 +0000
  • Sophia Martínez
    signed 2025-11-26 16:53:19 +0000
  • Fiona Scott
    signed 2025-11-26 16:51:54 +0000
  • Emma Teague
    signed 2025-11-26 16:51:23 +0000
  • Val Smith
    signed 2025-11-26 16:50:47 +0000
  • Rebecca Latter
    signed 2025-11-26 16:49:07 +0000
    No sentiment being should go through being tested on like this it’s wrong.
  • Ellie Costello
    signed 2025-11-26 16:46:14 +0000
  • Rachel Giddens
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  • Anna Ellis
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  • Tara Prashad
    signed 2025-11-26 16:45:44 +0000
  • Lisa Miles D'Arcy
    signed 2025-11-26 16:45:17 +0000
    Time this ended
  • Jenny Smith
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  • Julie Standring
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  • Dave Burley
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