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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Robin D.Howick
    signed 2025-08-13 10:23:48 +0100
    A disgrace to humanity. The owners and staff should be hung
  • Sue Lloyd
    signed 2025-08-13 10:20:06 +0100
  • Dalia Duzova
    signed 2025-08-13 10:18:25 +0100
    Animal testing must stop. We don’t need it anymore and even if we did its too cruel to continue this.
  • Jamie Leigh
    signed 2025-08-13 10:13:53 +0100
    Stop this cruelty
  • Anna Chovanova
    signed 2025-08-13 10:12:21 +0100
  • Sarah Richards
    signed 2025-08-13 09:59:19 +0100
  • Guy Wrench
    signed 2025-08-13 09:56:23 +0100
    Dogs are mans best friend – this is utterly disgusting.
  • Doris Lind
    signed 2025-08-13 09:54:06 +0100
  • Trish Squire
    signed 2025-08-13 09:52:28 +0100
  • Rachel Elvines
    signed 2025-08-13 09:52:14 +0100
    I’m signing again it is barbaric scar on this country on humanity it has to stop. Years and years of killing dogs and animals whilst people go about there dogs unawares. If they condone this then stop hiding it!!! It’s not an industry they can be proud of it’s dirty money evil.money. kept hidden for the public! It’s corruption and evil. It must stop immediate and save the animals that can be. It is having catastrophic effects on people’s mental and physical health including mine. The distress to the public we don’t want it petitions have proven that yet they won’t stop. Ask those beagle puppies who were saved which life they would rather have!!! Oh we can ask them because he are they voices!!! It’s never wrong to help animals in need we should break down walls glass mental for them they have no voices they are defenceless! Our human rights to oppose this barbaricness has been taken away these are sentinent DOGS it is not groundbreaking to say this but I’ve heard this banded about in Parliament like a scientific discovery. It’s making a mockery of every single person that loves and has a dog in their home and the people who work tirelessly with animals on veterinary care and rescue. Of course this is wrong there argument is just to convince themselves!!
  • Anne Marie M Broadley
    signed 2025-08-13 09:51:54 +0100
  • Joyce McCorquodale
    signed 2025-08-13 09:51:27 +0100
  • Carol Tucker
    signed 2025-08-13 09:31:09 +0100
  • Susan McCormack
    signed 2025-08-13 09:24:50 +0100
  • Janet Galleri
    signed 2025-08-13 09:14:28 +0100
  • Julie Millar
    signed 2025-08-13 09:12:26 +0100
    Disgusting
  • Lara Slingsby
    signed 2025-08-13 09:10:19 +0100
  • Zak Riabi
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  • Jeanette Micca
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  • David Holdcroft
    signed 2025-08-13 08:49:49 +0100
  • Helen howell
    signed 2025-08-13 08:46:01 +0100
    This industry must be finished now
  • Catherine Patterson
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