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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Kathrin Scheenaart
    signed 2025-11-20 05:10:34 +0000
  • Veronica Ramire
    signed 2025-11-20 04:23:25 +0000
  • Taylor Edwards
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  • Kira Walker
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  • Lindsay Lavoie
    signed 2025-11-20 03:21:17 +0000
  • Lisa Wolf
    signed 2025-11-20 02:41:31 +0000
  • Beth Pavlow
    signed 2025-11-20 02:00:40 +0000
    Are you kidding me? How was backwards can these prosecutors get?
  • Sara Lee
    signed 2025-11-20 01:23:34 +0000
  • Alyssa David
    signed 2025-11-20 01:08:42 +0000
  • Barbara Walker
    signed 2025-11-20 00:52:49 +0000
  • Glenn Steward
    signed 2025-11-20 00:52:19 +0000
    I will adopt any dog that needs a home
  • Ashlee Johnson
    signed 2025-11-20 00:06:34 +0000
  • Hannah Ballon
    signed 2025-11-19 23:57:36 +0000
  • Elodie Charret
    signed 2025-11-19 23:36:20 +0000
  • Sara Militello
    signed 2025-11-19 23:34:06 +0000
  • Erin North
    signed 2025-11-19 23:29:16 +0000
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  • Shirley - Anne Thomson
    signed 2025-11-19 22:53:55 +0000
  • Angela Stubbs
    signed 2025-11-19 22:52:30 +0000
    End animal testing and all animal cruelty
  • Aimée dawn Sherman
    signed 2025-11-19 22:50:02 +0000
  • Μαρία Ελένη Μισαηλιδου
    signed 2025-11-19 22:47:24 +0000
  • clare murphy
    signed 2025-11-19 22:29:18 +0000
    No more testing on animals No more excuses!!
  • Angela Phoenix
    signed 2025-11-19 22:11:47 +0000
  • Kim Edwards
    signed 2025-11-19 22:07:16 +0000
  • Miranda Brace
    signed 2025-11-19 21:47:42 +0000
    These people make me sick. Apart from the cruelty experiments on one species do not translate to another safely or effectively. Remember Thalidomide? No effect on the progeny of rats. Look what it did to humans. The cruelty is the most important thing to me, however. Given up on the human race!
  • Sharon Rowland
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  • Ann Allsop
    signed 2025-11-19 21:30:11 +0000
    A total abomination.
  • Christine Tranter
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