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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Sheila Murphy
    signed 2025-08-20 11:23:04 +0100
    Cruelty to animals is abhorrent.
  • jill dunlop
    signed 2025-08-20 11:10:32 +0100
  • Tracey Potter
    signed 2025-08-20 11:10:02 +0100
  • Shirley Rushton
    signed 2025-08-20 10:55:03 +0100
  • H Verreydt
    signed 2025-08-20 10:41:44 +0100
  • Maggy Schurmann
    signed 2025-08-20 10:38:51 +0100
  • Jo Matthews
    signed 2025-08-20 10:37:15 +0100
  • Debbie King
    signed 2025-08-20 10:32:44 +0100
    This is despicable and very cruel these places should not exist they need to shutdown fast
  • Linda Alexander
    signed 2025-08-20 10:27:44 +0100
  • Chelsea Palmer
    signed 2025-08-20 10:26:49 +0100
  • Janice Willoughby 07948637444
    signed 2025-08-20 10:11:29 +0100
  • Lilli McPherson
    signed 2025-08-20 10:09:28 +0100
  • Denise Purdue
    signed 2025-08-20 09:57:50 +0100
    I went on anti-vivisection marches in London in the 1980s, I am horrified that this still continues today.
  • Lisa Bose
    signed 2025-08-20 09:55:30 +0100
  • Zsuzsanna Antal
    signed 2025-08-20 09:53:53 +0100
  • Grace Geltmacher
    signed 2025-08-20 09:41:50 +0100
    Don’t be assholes all your life God watches everything you do with his animals and if you think that you’ll get away with it you have another thought coming you need to stop the abuse enough is enough you want to text and M.F. ‘S TEST ON YOUR F****** SELVES OH NO WE CAN’T DO THAT CUZ YOU’RE TOO WEAK THAT’S WHY WELL IF I HAD IT MY WAY I’D MAKE SURE I TEXT ON YOU PEOPLE SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT I DO TO YOU WHAT YOU DO TO THE ANIMALS YOU SCUM WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND STOP THE ABUSE!!!!!! 😡😡
  • Debra Bould
    signed 2025-08-20 09:26:00 +0100
  • Angèle Verdaet
    signed 2025-08-20 09:17:54 +0100
  • George strang
    signed 2025-08-20 09:10:44 +0100
  • Natalie Cranford
    signed 2025-08-20 09:09:53 +0100
    This barbaric process has to stop. There are other means to test medication.
  • Lorraine Hurdle
    signed 2025-08-20 09:02:47 +0100
  • Kuliz Kantanovska
    signed 2025-08-20 09:02:28 +0100
  • Katie Middlemast
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  • Bob Halley
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  • Leslie Hoppe
    signed 2025-08-20 08:50:05 +0100
  • pauline pierre
    signed 2025-08-20 08:49:06 +0100
    my rescue dog was in a puppy farm. affected her terribly, better now thank god.
  • Tara Fallows
    signed 2025-08-20 08:29:11 +0100
  • Louise Finnin
    signed 2025-08-20 08:28:39 +0100
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