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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Victoria Coleman
    signed 2026-09-14 18:05:11 +0100
    Stop animal testing, free those poor dogs.
  • Ainara Albeza
    signed 2026-09-14 16:56:01 +0100
  • Rebecca Chubb
    signed 2026-09-14 16:43:57 +0100
  • Samantha Lewis
    signed 2026-09-14 16:07:51 +0100
  • Sibylla Martin
    signed 2026-09-14 15:27:43 +0100
  • Niamh Warwick
    signed 2026-09-14 15:15:07 +0100
  • Sue Woods
    signed 2026-09-14 13:53:40 +0100
    With all of the kinder alternatives out there these days, there really is no need for these Godforsaken Hellholes to exist. We need to get together and get these terrible Laboratories shut for good.
  • Roz Watkins
    signed 2026-09-14 13:19:27 +0100
  • Caroline Knapp
    signed 2026-09-14 13:02:09 +0100
    You need to give permission to close down MBR ACRES it is not just testing on beagles there torturing them then killing them it inhumane so please do the right thing these poor beagles need to be in loving homes where they can run around and know there loved not be stuck in cages where they don’t have water or food and sitting in there own urine and poo so if you care about animals you will do the right thing this place is pure evil,
  • Ivan Strzępek
    signed 2026-09-14 01:48:30 +0100
  • Malina Hesse
    signed 2026-09-14 00:20:19 +0100
  • Martin Richardson
    signed 2026-09-13 22:20:14 +0100
  • Sophie Bird
    signed 2026-09-13 21:35:15 +0100
  • Eliz Thrun
    signed 2026-09-13 21:16:01 +0100
  • Michelle Brown
    signed 2026-09-13 20:15:09 +0100
    End this barbaric practice on defenceless animals. The UK is a disgrace allowing such unnecessary harm on animals. Shame on our governments
  • Tracy Laycock
    signed 2026-09-13 19:59:51 +0100
    This barbaric torture of these babies needs to stop
  • Karen Lewis
    signed 2026-09-13 19:35:39 +0100
  • Sheila McFarlane
    signed 2026-09-13 19:20:15 +0100
  • Natalie Wilkie
    signed 2026-09-13 19:06:52 +0100
    Can there be a March against this facility?
  • Charlotte Kerry
    signed 2026-09-13 18:50:23 +0100
  • Katie Nettle
    signed 2026-09-13 18:45:32 +0100
  • berivan aydemir
    signed 2026-09-13 18:31:43 +0100
  • Vivien myles
    signed 2026-09-13 18:18:59 +0100
  • Morgan Ilott
    signed 2026-09-13 18:09:03 +0100
  • Chantelle Felmeri
    signed 2026-09-13 18:04:28 +0100
    No need for this in this day and age humans are the worst
  • Mo Braith
    signed 2026-09-13 17:55:31 +0100
    MBR Acres is supposed to be inspected but the inspections are woefully inadequate and infrequent. During the heatwave in 2026 people sent hundreds of emails asking the regulator, the ASRU, to check what temperatures the dogs were living in, in their metal sheds. There was only ONE inspection, which was announced, and yet the Home Office have not released the details under Freedom of Information Requests!! MPs will tell you this is regulated! It is not happening as it should be! The Home Office can not even tell the public how many dogs die there because they don’t keep those records!! Are those conditions these dogs should be kept if? NO. This needs to be stopped. MBRAcres needs to be shut down asap.
  • Maureen Oake
    signed 2026-09-13 16:26:47 +0100
    Please stop the needless suffering of these dogs, they don’t deserve it and it is completely barbaric
  • Mohana Surikutchi
    signed 2026-09-13 15:57:53 +0100
  • Susan Couper
    signed 2026-09-13 14:36:22 +0100
  • Bodène Bevaart
    signed 2026-09-13 13:39:05 +0100