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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Gabrielle Winning
    signed 2025-10-27 23:23:55 +0000
  • Chris Dacus
    signed 2025-10-27 23:19:31 +0000
  • Charlene de Villiers
    signed 2025-10-27 22:29:09 +0000
  • Jamie Stevenson
    signed 2025-10-27 21:43:52 +0000
  • Mary Eaves
    signed 2025-10-27 21:39:32 +0000
  • Maureen Anderson
    signed 2025-10-27 21:29:01 +0000
  • Ronald Barry Bishop
    signed 2025-10-27 21:13:46 +0000
  • Michelle Laidlaw
    signed 2025-10-27 21:05:25 +0000
  • Sharon Sayers
    signed 2025-10-27 20:58:01 +0000
  • Micheline Short
    signed 2025-10-27 20:54:14 +0000
  • Kim Calow
    signed 2025-10-27 20:50:15 +0000
    It disgraces us as a civilised country to still be testing on dogs, or any animal for that matter. Time to end it now.
  • Louise Haden
    signed 2025-10-27 20:27:26 +0000
  • Marion Day
    signed 2025-10-27 20:22:45 +0000
  • Sheila Watts
    signed 2025-10-27 20:21:55 +0000
  • Kelly Whitmore
    signed 2025-10-27 20:18:57 +0000
  • Reyes Rodriguez
    signed 2025-10-27 20:13:15 +0000
  • Sharron McClelland
    signed 2025-10-27 20:05:38 +0000
  • Debbie Atherton
    signed 2025-10-27 20:05:18 +0000
    There should be no place in our society for animals to be used for science in laboratories. These practices should be stopped.
  • amanda pickersgill
    signed 2025-10-27 19:55:46 +0000
  • Sheila Tracey
    signed 2025-10-27 19:54:12 +0000
  • Sandy Redmore
    signed 2025-10-27 19:48:29 +0000
  • Susan Poole
    signed 2025-10-27 19:44:18 +0000
  • liene hofmane liene hofmane
    signed 2025-10-27 19:38:24 +0000
    Stop cruelty in 21 st of centuray there is different ways to science!! No need to experiment on dogs!!!!!!this need tos top right away..more the day it stops every single puppy should have a home there is 2000 ish dogs which must get loving homes and life insurance with vets for rest of their lifes !!! They deserve and family’s wo wpuld adopt them !!!
  • Susan DeMone
    signed 2025-10-27 19:34:23 +0000
  • Audrey Gouhey
    signed 2025-10-27 19:25:57 +0000
  • Trisha Turner
    signed 2025-10-27 19:24:53 +0000
  • Jaqueline Bradbury
    signed 2025-10-27 19:20:23 +0000
    I cannot believe Britain is still using animals for experiments. It’s about time that Britain stood up to what is totally wrong and inhumane.
  • Gareth Rickards
    signed 2025-10-27 19:16:35 +0000
  • Maureen Hart
    signed 2025-10-27 18:56:08 +0000
  • Debbie Moore
    signed 2025-10-27 18:48:07 +0000
    When I was about 12 yrs old I wrote to my local MP and asked him to abolish the cruel testing on Beagles where they were made to chain smoke to test nicotine, tar and all the toxic poisons in cigarettes. This was 50 yrs ago and still things haven’t changed!