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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Louise Archer
    signed 2026-03-09 23:34:26 +0000
    Using paedophiles would be better and more accurate results for the cruel experiments done on dogs. Leave our animals alone.
  • Jezendrea Trias
    signed 2026-03-09 23:34:23 +0000
  • Peter Russell
    signed 2026-03-09 23:32:54 +0000
  • Trish Mooney
    signed 2026-03-09 23:32:51 +0000
  • Nathan Wallis
    signed 2026-03-09 23:31:59 +0000
  • Sandra Levey
    signed 2026-03-09 23:31:07 +0000
  • Yvette Cawthorn
    signed 2026-03-09 23:30:42 +0000
  • Katharine Phillips
    signed 2026-03-09 23:29:40 +0000
  • Donna Zoll
    signed 2026-03-09 23:26:48 +0000
  • James Keenan
    signed 2026-03-09 23:24:47 +0000
  • Carolyn Autton
    signed 2026-03-09 23:23:43 +0000
    Keep up the good work there is no place in this day and age for animal testing, its outdated unreliable cruel needless, these poor animals have done nothing to deserve this torture they feel pain, they eat breath love suffer just like us the only difference is we have a voice , its 2026 and we should respect another life for what it is a LIFE,how this is still happening with all our technology is unbelievable, if you have to experiment use a human ie a child rapist / killer as animals are innocent beings who have done nothing wrong and they DO NOT deserve this barbaric treatment
  • Emily DAgostino
    signed 2026-03-09 23:19:28 +0000
  • Charlotte Sayers
    signed 2026-03-09 23:18:11 +0000
  • Lara Ashcroft
    signed 2026-03-09 23:16:05 +0000
  • Drostie Tame
    signed 2026-03-09 23:16:05 +0000
  • Sandra George
    signed 2026-03-09 23:15:18 +0000
  • Jennifer Jones
    signed 2026-03-09 23:14:55 +0000
  • Kiefer Day
    signed 2026-03-09 23:13:39 +0000
    These people are cruel and need to be stopped
  • Lily Mason
    signed 2026-03-09 23:13:36 +0000
  • David Burgoyne
    signed 2026-03-09 23:13:18 +0000
  • P Sanger
    signed 2026-03-09 23:11:12 +0000
  • Ann Rose
    signed 2026-03-09 23:10:51 +0000
  • Rebecca Bond
    signed 2026-03-09 23:10:50 +0000
  • Sheridan Henson
    signed 2026-03-09 23:10:15 +0000
  • Julie Cragg
    signed 2026-03-09 23:10:11 +0000
  • Nicole Daley
    signed 2026-03-09 23:09:55 +0000
    That place is absolutely sickening and vile. No animal should have to endure the suffering that we have seen goes on there!!! Shut it down!!
  • Stephanie Cooper
    signed 2026-03-09 23:08:44 +0000
  • Lorna Brown
    signed 2026-03-09 23:08:36 +0000
  • Bobbie Atkinson
    signed 2026-03-09 23:07:27 +0000
  • Thomas Collibs
    signed 2026-03-09 23:06:20 +0000
    This cruelty must stop now.