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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Jean Selmes
    signed 2026-03-10 09:02:15 +0000
    Why aren’t we doing this important testing on the “lifers” in prison? They should be paying a debt to society! It would act as a deterrent too.
  • Colette Wilkinson
    signed 2026-03-10 08:59:05 +0000
  • Evon Wheeler
    signed 2026-03-10 08:57:04 +0000
  • Julie Rivers
    signed 2026-03-10 08:55:39 +0000
  • Kaye Mateas
    signed 2026-03-10 08:54:58 +0000
    No words. Unimaginable. Do the same to the instigators.
  • Louisa Peers
    signed 2026-03-10 08:54:53 +0000
  • Anne Freakley
    signed 2026-03-10 08:53:31 +0000
  • Scott Ashcroft
    signed 2026-03-10 08:51:40 +0000
  • David Davis
    signed 2026-03-10 08:51:35 +0000
  • Kingsley Pickard
    signed 2026-03-10 08:51:31 +0000
  • Nick Diligent
    signed 2026-03-10 08:50:45 +0000
  • Elaine Baines
    signed 2026-03-10 08:50:43 +0000
  • Ingrid Eissfeldt
    signed 2026-03-10 08:49:42 +0000
    I lived in the UK and protested at those sites years ago – tragic that torturing beagles is still done today! Shut down all animal testing sites.
  • Laura Louisa
    signed 2026-03-10 08:49:29 +0000
  • Corinne Hanks
    signed 2026-03-10 08:49:29 +0000
    This has to stop. Do the right thing !!
  • Giselle Mehta
    signed 2026-03-10 08:49:00 +0000
  • Sally A Shoebridge
    signed 2026-03-10 08:48:48 +0000
    So pleased you were all found not guilty… xxxx
  • Corinne Corbin
    signed 2026-03-10 08:47:36 +0000
    Please Close this facility and all others like it. In a nation of Animal lovers how can we be watching cuffs , caring for our own pets and this happing at the same time ,in the UK.

    We are better than this , there has to be a better way.
  • Alexa Yeomans
    signed 2026-03-10 08:47:27 +0000
    Shut this disgusting horrific torturous place down along with the grotesque so called humans who work there. WE ARE NOT LIVING IN CAVEMAN TIMES
  • Claire wheeler
    signed 2026-03-10 08:46:46 +0000
    There is no justification for torturing one animal to supposedly help a human. Especially when medical research is rife with fraud and corruption. Stop this insanity now. Its damaging the karmic balance of all our existences. Its just plain wrong.
  • Warren Daniel
    signed 2026-03-10 08:46:30 +0000
  • Louise Harvey
    signed 2026-03-10 08:46:13 +0000
  • Donna Ross
    signed 2026-03-10 08:45:42 +0000
  • Karen Christie
    signed 2026-03-10 08:45:07 +0000
    This cruelty to these beautiful dogs need to end. In this day and age it’s just barbaric
  • Shaun Britton
    signed 2026-03-10 08:44:33 +0000
    There is no place in science, society, or our communities for methods of such needless cruelty. It’s scientifically flawed, archaic and wilful ignorance. This facility, and others like it need to be shut down immediately and the animals given loving homes. We need to stop entrusting animal well-being to people and organisations with no empathy.
  • Mel Fansa
    signed 2026-03-10 08:44:21 +0000
  • Sharon woodcock
    signed 2026-03-10 08:44:14 +0000
    Shut this house of horror down!
  • Karen McCormack
    signed 2026-03-10 08:43:34 +0000
  • Carol Campbell
    signed 2026-03-10 08:43:03 +0000
  • Brian Nabney
    signed 2026-03-10 08:42:41 +0000