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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Ann Dixon
    signed 2026-03-11 21:57:59 +0000
  • nicole mika
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  • Charlotte Vincent
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  • Uta Langnickel-Miller
    signed 2026-03-11 21:51:46 +0000
  • Rachel Savage
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  • Claire Peakman
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  • martina tetenburg
    signed 2026-03-11 21:35:34 +0000
  • John Wainwright
    signed 2026-03-11 21:33:25 +0000
    So glad those facing so-called criminal charges have been vindicated . The torture centre should be shut down forthwith.
  • Laura Hughes
    signed 2026-03-11 21:28:19 +0000
  • Bill Homewood
    signed 2026-03-11 21:18:28 +0000
  • Sabine Gibas
    signed 2026-03-11 21:02:08 +0000
  • Jo Karina
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  • Sarah Lilin
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  • Madison Coman
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  • Holly Bennion
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  • Pam Wilson
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  • Sophie Howe
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  • Genna Kerr
    signed 2026-03-11 20:23:47 +0000
  • Amanda Duckworth
    signed 2026-03-11 20:18:52 +0000
  • Alfie Grace
    signed 2026-03-11 20:16:24 +0000
  • Martha Marrufo
    signed 2026-03-11 20:14:53 +0000
  • Cristina Guamán
    signed 2026-03-11 20:14:21 +0000
  • Kate Williams
    signed 2026-03-11 20:02:06 +0000
  • Gabriela Duarte
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  • Angela Hathway
    signed 2026-03-11 19:56:04 +0000
  • Zoe Myers
    signed 2026-03-11 19:46:27 +0000
    Absolutely disgusting. We are supposed to be a nation of animal lovers. There is no need for this to be happening in this day and age and anyone supporting this cruelty should be ashamed. With the technology available this is just senseless cruelty.. We give so many rights to evil human beings yet allow suffering to innocent animals. Please please end this. It’s gone on way too long. Please it’s time for change.
  • Susan Foster
    signed 2026-03-11 19:35:42 +0000
    Please shut down MBR Acres!!! The torture that goes on inside MBR is extreme and also they send vans full of beagle puppies off for cruel toxicology testing. So much suffering for those innocent beagle puppies! Please put an end to this torture!
  • Victoria Toulis
    signed 2026-03-11 19:34:36 +0000
    “In the midst of our high-tech, ostentatious, hedonistic lifestyle, among the dazzling monuments to history, art, religion, and commerce, there are the black boxes. These are the biomedical research laboratories, factory farms, and slaughterhouses – faceless compounds where society conducts its dirty business of abusing and killing innocent, feeling beings. These are our Dachaus, our Buchenwalds, our Birkenaus. Like the good German burghers, we have a fair idea of what goes on there, but we don’t want any reality checks.”

    Dr. Alex Hershaft, Warsaw Ghetto survivor
  • Alan Temple
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  • Pat Stevens
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