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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Courtney Dawson
    signed 2025-07-14 09:37:49 +0100
  • Tina Hughes
    signed 2025-07-14 09:32:45 +0100
  • Sarah Charles
    signed 2025-07-14 09:30:32 +0100
    Can’t actually believe you still think it’s appropriate to test on any animal !
  • pennysdad Alexander
    signed 2025-07-14 09:26:55 +0100
  • mihalis Michaelides
    signed 2025-07-14 09:26:40 +0100
  • May Aung
    signed 2025-07-14 09:24:42 +0100
  • Rose Miras
    signed 2025-07-14 08:39:58 +0100
  • Laura Bass
    signed 2025-07-14 07:49:04 +0100
    Surely we are far beyond this archaic and disgusting practice of cruelty. There is always a better alternative. To me, this seems like calculated laziness for lawmakers to ignore the public pressure to abolish this inhumane torture of a beloved domesticated animal.

    We were not put on this planet to exploit, we are here are guardians.
  • Gwen Raaijmakers
    signed 2025-07-14 05:34:24 +0100
  • Louise Jarrold
    signed 2025-07-14 00:26:38 +0100
    This should be terminated especially as a dog feels so much pain and understands human pain.This is terrible way to treat man’s best friend .

    Never let an animal suffer in the hands of a human.

    Not for food or for testing or any other time.

    Pitiful to be abused just because you can’t fight back or answer back it doesn’t mean that you should ever do this.

    I hope nature comes back and bites you hard.
  • Frank Hanley
    signed 2025-07-13 23:58:26 +0100
  • Dana Radell
    signed 2025-07-13 21:58:44 +0100
  • Nadine Richer
    signed 2025-07-13 14:22:16 +0100
  • Jan Dive
    signed 2025-07-13 14:00:20 +0100
  • Laura Angela Lui
    signed 2025-07-13 12:36:13 +0100
  • Lara Hembom
    signed 2025-07-13 11:19:40 +0100
  • Martin Rakovic
    signed 2025-07-13 09:00:25 +0100
  • Keith Clarke
    signed 2025-07-13 08:47:02 +0100
  • Fiona Donovan
    signed 2025-07-13 07:28:17 +0100
  • Karen Wilson
    signed 2025-07-13 05:58:04 +0100
    100% cruel and ineffective science, its violence towards our most vulnerable innocent creatures. No way can this ever be justified.
  • Dominique Guillot
    signed 2025-07-13 05:30:39 +0100
  • Michèle Grondin
    signed 2025-07-13 02:48:54 +0100
  • Anne Beckmann
    signed 2025-07-13 02:45:39 +0100
  • Joseph Valencia Joseph Valencia
    signed 2025-07-13 01:08:35 +0100
  • Marilyn Gonzalez
    signed 2025-07-13 00:29:30 +0100
  • Madelein Blundred
    signed 2025-07-13 00:16:48 +0100
  • Jessie Murphy
    signed 2025-07-13 00:04:02 +0100
    It’s absolutely horrific. Inhumane. Uk – we can do better than this. Please end this barbaric and unbearably cruel practice!
  • Jasmine Van Haeften
    signed 2025-07-12 23:54:24 +0100
  • Maureen Sladdin
    signed 2025-07-12 23:53:22 +0100
  • Debbie Hayes
    signed 2025-07-12 23:44:37 +0100