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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Alison Turner
    signed 2025-09-18 21:43:39 +0100
  • Karen/ Mcdougall
    signed 2025-09-18 21:41:32 +0100
    This has to stop now. No animal should have to endure this type of torture and that is exactly what it is torture. The world needs to wake up and stop this. A beagle or any animal has love compassion and care as do most humans. Please let’s us be as loyal as the animals are to us we share and appreciate this world with all animals.
  • Lynn Coaton
    signed 2025-09-18 21:41:29 +0100
  • Vivien Graham
    signed 2025-09-18 21:11:00 +0100
  • Josephine Moore
    signed 2025-09-18 21:06:51 +0100
  • Marzenna Card
    signed 2025-09-18 20:42:37 +0100
  • Clare Newton
    signed 2025-09-18 20:32:18 +0100
  • F Reed
    signed 2025-09-18 20:17:58 +0100
  • Lynda Franks
    signed 2025-09-18 19:51:44 +0100
  • Nicolas Macris
    signed 2025-09-18 19:34:32 +0100
  • Jackie Wright
    signed 2025-09-18 19:11:48 +0100
  • Anita Hazeldene
    signed 2025-09-18 19:03:18 +0100
  • Gillie Scherr
    signed 2025-09-18 19:00:28 +0100
  • Caroyne Tunbridge
    signed 2025-09-18 18:55:47 +0100
  • Lee Weston
    signed 2025-09-18 18:53:24 +0100
  • Anthea jill kenyon
    signed 2025-09-18 18:50:39 +0100
  • Jill Beaton
    signed 2025-09-18 18:45:27 +0100
    Disgusting human beings
  • Cheryle O'neill
    signed 2025-09-18 18:36:41 +0100
  • Sarah Dix
    signed 2025-09-18 18:25:46 +0100
    Thanks for all the work you are doing to shut the horrendous place down
  • Jennifer Odd
    signed 2025-09-18 18:17:09 +0100
  • Miranda Capecchi
    signed 2025-09-18 18:14:34 +0100
  • Lesley Atkinson
    signed 2025-09-18 18:08:30 +0100
  • Paul Herrington
    signed 2025-09-18 18:07:57 +0100
  • Rich Wagstaff
    signed 2025-09-18 17:36:06 +0100
    Horrible
  • Janet Stevens
    signed 2025-09-18 16:56:05 +0100
  • jamie Joseph
    signed 2025-09-18 16:47:37 +0100
    animals lives matter , they’re no one’s labrats!
  • Michelle Sessions
    signed 2025-09-18 16:37:53 +0100
    This shouldn’t be allowed to happen poor beagles , shut the place down now before anymore innocent dogs 😢 get slaughtered
  • Lorraine Newman
    signed 2025-09-18 16:24:36 +0100
  • Carol Sims
    signed 2025-09-18 15:49:46 +0100
  • Andrea Hawksworth
    signed 2025-09-18 15:04:15 +0100