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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Ali Van Zee
    signed 2026-03-10 18:10:11 +0000
    We no longer need to test anything on animals! Those days were over a decade ago or longer yet places like MBR Acres profit off your ignorance.
  • Victoria Vincent-Betts
    signed 2026-03-10 18:08:37 +0000
  • Bill Drysdale
    signed 2026-03-10 18:06:43 +0000
  • Sue Harris
    signed 2026-03-10 18:05:20 +0000
  • Lindsey Fortnum
    signed 2026-03-10 18:04:34 +0000
  • Andrew Umphries
    signed 2026-03-10 18:02:52 +0000
  • Kim Lewis
    signed 2026-03-10 18:02:48 +0000
    It is absolutely disgusting that this is still happening. It should have been abolished years ago. There are better and more appropriate ways to test things than torturing animals. Whoever has anything to do with this cannot have a conscience.
  • Coral Storar
    signed 2026-03-10 18:00:41 +0000
    IAM DISGUSTED AT WHAT WE DO TO ANIMLS FOR EXPERIMENTS , hOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT ,THERE IS A PLACE IN HELL FOR THEM.
  • Mrs Janet Sinclair-Mardell
    signed 2026-03-10 17:57:30 +0000
    Please close this horrendous laboratory. How can anyone with any compassion or feelings for dogs do this to them, it is extremely upsetting and so unnecessary in this day and age when we have so much technology to test in a different ways . To torture and mutilate a beautiful animal is very wrong!
  • sue Cox
    signed 2026-03-10 17:57:17 +0000
  • P Johnson
    signed 2026-03-10 17:56:04 +0000
  • Polly Irons
    signed 2026-03-10 17:55:17 +0000
  • Linda Lee
    signed 2026-03-10 17:52:50 +0000
  • Jo Whalley
    signed 2026-03-10 17:49:28 +0000
    Stop animal testing
  • Valerie Whyte
    signed 2026-03-10 17:47:39 +0000
  • Helen Astill
    signed 2026-03-10 17:46:18 +0000
  • Alison Abraham
    signed 2026-03-10 17:45:55 +0000
  • Tracy Widdop
    signed 2026-03-10 17:45:51 +0000
  • Shaz Rankin
    signed 2026-03-10 17:44:16 +0000
  • marie griffiths
    signed 2026-03-10 17:42:29 +0000
  • Claire Avis
    signed 2026-03-10 17:41:24 +0000
  • Jean Keeble
    signed 2026-03-10 17:40:55 +0000
  • Kim Mackie
    signed 2026-03-10 17:40:36 +0000
  • martine prosser
    signed 2026-03-10 17:39:32 +0000
    Stop all animal testing.
  • Michelle Lawrence
    signed 2026-03-10 17:39:14 +0000
    How can good people stand by and let this continue. No animal should suffer. These brave rescuers have not only saved lives, but have enabled the public to have an insight into what is happening behind closed doors to these animals. How dare humans think they have the right to carry on this cruel and barbaric practice.
  • Rebecca Moore
    signed 2026-03-10 17:39:06 +0000
  • Jill Eagleton
    signed 2026-03-10 17:38:17 +0000
  • Regan Wallace
    signed 2026-03-10 17:36:01 +0000
    I would like to join the group saving the beagles. I want to carry more beagles over that cage.
  • Linda Norfolk
    signed 2026-03-10 17:34:01 +0000
    Horrendous now totally unnecessary evil testing
  • prajna Bp
    signed 2026-03-10 17:29:44 +0000
    I’m a huge dog love and i can’t bare to live in a world in which we hurt these poor creatures. Bless you guys for your work🙏