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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Andrew Holder
    signed 2025-06-02 21:45:20 +0100
  • Nicola Beer
    signed via 2025-06-02 21:43:22 +0100
  • Wayne Lepper
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  • Charlotte Reynolds
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  • Jim Crotty
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  • Helen Troth
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  • Leanne Tite
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  • Sasha Mills
    signed 2025-06-02 21:40:24 +0100
  • Rachael Holland-Lindsay
    signed 2025-06-02 21:38:26 +0100
    STOP THE torture OF THESE BEAUTIFUL DOGS!!! SHUT THE DAMN PLACE DOWN WE DONT WANT THIS!!
  • Wendy Beadle
    signed 2025-06-02 21:37:28 +0100
  • Sammy Galiana Kleinberg
    signed 2025-06-02 21:37:04 +0100
  • Maureen Cooper
    signed 2025-06-02 21:34:58 +0100
  • Holly Johnson
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  • Karen Ashdown
    signed 2025-06-02 21:33:41 +0100
  • Norma Dawson
    signed 2025-06-02 21:33:39 +0100
    The use of non predictive animal experiments can cause human suffering in at least two ways: (1) by producing misleading safety and efficacy data and (2) by causing potential abandonment of useful medical treatments and misdirecting resources away from more effective testing methods.

    Stop misleading the public stop misusing taxpayers contributions the public do not advocate for this outdated flawed in humane unethical bad practices.

    In my view, it would be better to direct resources away from animal experimentation immediately and shift the funding to none animal methods developing more accurate, human-based technologies that benefit humans cause no significant harms to humans and animals.
  • Jill Gillam
    signed 2025-06-02 21:32:31 +0100
  • Toni Lewis
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  • Mary-Louise Long
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  • Ross Pinner
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  • Mary Williamson
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  • Louella Garrapa
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  • smriti safaya
    signed 2025-06-02 21:22:37 +0100
    With alternatives for research, why do we insist on cruel actions for human-focused progress? Is it really progress when we step on and hurt other life to do so? Let’s do better, people!
  • Thomas Cusick
    signed 2025-06-02 21:21:51 +0100
  • Sharon Ludlow Lunn
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  • Trevor Jefferies
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  • Paula Randall
    signed 2025-06-02 21:18:41 +0100
    It’s such a disgrace that here in the uk a nation of animal lovers and our government is allowing this outdated system we as a country have the blood of these poor innocent dogs shameful it needs to stop now