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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Martha Olavarrieta
    signed 2025-06-25 19:27:47 +0100
  • Paul Maguire
    signed 2025-06-25 19:27:42 +0100
  • Janette Meechan
    signed 2025-06-25 19:26:37 +0100
  • Dr. Miles Layram
    signed 2025-06-25 19:25:10 +0100
    Animal testing is not only cruel and exploitative but also ineffective. The results gleaned from it are junk, and much better results are obtained by using methods such as in vitro testing. It’s time that the outdated laws which continue to require this abuse, and the companies themselves, stepped back from testing methods which were originated in the 18th century and instead adopt methods which are more reliable and which are not built upon pain and exploitation.


    Medical research organisations such as the Lord Dowding group have been using non-animal methods for decades, and yet most research outfits are still lagging behind because they are run by people who were trained to vivisect animals and who are resistant to changing their methodologies. To say nothing of the intentional acts of cruelty which are carried out by the kind of sadistic individuals who are so often attracted to this kind of employment.


    Animals have their own innate worth. They are not objects put here for our use. The sooner this barbarism ends the better.
  • Natasha Black
    signed via 2025-06-25 19:24:43 +0100
    Thank you for all your work.
  • Fabio Carvalho Gomes da Silva
    signed 2025-06-25 19:23:47 +0100
  • Shani Dahl
    signed 2025-06-25 19:22:19 +0100
  • Joanna Barratt
    signed 2025-06-25 19:22:10 +0100
  • Gisela Sandau
    signed 2025-06-25 19:21:25 +0100
    Please help the unfortunate animals to get out of this hell. It’s heartbreaking to know how sadistic monsters are torturing them for the profit of money. We need urgently to stop this and give back the love and respect to our fellow creatures, the animal, because they deserves it.

    They are GOD’s children as well.
  • David Addy
    signed 2025-06-25 19:20:46 +0100
  • Peter Blannin
    signed 2025-06-25 19:20:45 +0100
  • Wendy Whitehead
    signed 2025-06-25 19:20:43 +0100
  • Suzanne Williams
    signed 2025-06-25 19:20:31 +0100
  • Deirdre Eustace
    signed 2025-06-25 19:20:16 +0100
  • Manuela Weiz
    signed 2025-06-25 19:18:52 +0100
  • George Neste
    signed 2025-06-25 19:16:18 +0100
  • Sarah Rose
    signed 2025-06-25 19:16:10 +0100
    GOVERNMENT represents the PEOPLE. It is not in your interest or ethical for you to dismiss yet another anti animal testing petition. Despite your manifesto you are currently failing animals massively.
  • Linda Browne
    signed 2025-06-25 19:16:06 +0100
  • Matteo Preabianca
    signed 2025-06-25 19:15:55 +0100
  • Anne Leask
    signed 2025-06-25 19:15:47 +0100
  • Graham Hocking
    signed 2025-06-25 19:15:22 +0100
  • Tony Worrall
    signed 2025-06-25 19:15:08 +0100
  • Angela Bell
    signed 2025-06-25 19:14:38 +0100
    REHOME THE BEAGLES AND SHUT DOWN MBR ACREA. OUTRAGEOUS ABUSE AND CRUELTY.
  • Sally Chapman
    signed 2025-06-25 19:14:17 +0100
  • Carole Pattinson
    signed 2025-06-25 19:13:36 +0100
  • Susan Querze
    signed 2025-06-25 19:13:16 +0100
    They never should’ve allowed animal testing ever

    Talk about sadists
  • Jane Hale
    signed 2025-06-25 19:12:36 +0100
  • Mary ODonnell
    signed 2025-06-25 19:12:02 +0100
    SHUT IT DOWN NOW
  • dvora barzilai
    signed 2025-06-25 19:11:24 +0100
  • Kristine Wilson
    signed 2025-06-25 19:11:10 +0100