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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Alison Smith
    signed 2026-03-09 20:24:38 +0000
    No correlation between animal test results and the resulting predictions for human interactions with same tests. This is completely unnecessary suffering of defenceless animals . There is nothing to be gained from this other than to tick a box

    Free the beagles now and stop this torture
  • Sheelagh Challenger
    signed 2026-03-09 20:24:32 +0000
    In this day and age, when other, digital and technological, 100% accurate methods of experimentation are available which cause no suffering to animals, do countries allow animal experimentation??? It’s now a 21st century, not medieval times. It’s horrific and uncivilised. Close these places down that breed, experiment and cause such suffering! For rescuers to have to suffer the risk of prison when they are following their conscience in rescuing these sentient animals is abhorrent!
  • Portia Ragona
    signed 2026-03-09 20:23:48 +0000
  • Jill Hearst
    signed 2026-03-09 20:23:28 +0000
  • Thomas Robb
    signed 2026-03-09 20:23:21 +0000
    They’re sick
  • Heidi Handsaker
    signed 2026-03-09 20:22:05 +0000
  • Joshua Hurley
    signed 2026-03-09 20:22:04 +0000
  • Anthony Bulmer
    signed 2026-03-09 20:20:52 +0000
    Your doing a great job should be getting a medal. Just a point there is a laboratory at Harrogate uk
  • Rhianna Evans
    signed 2026-03-09 20:20:26 +0000
  • Bonnie Swesey
    signed 2026-03-09 20:20:25 +0000
    Allowing this horrific place to exist casts an ugly stain on the UK. Please—do the right thing and shut this place—and others like it—down for good.
  • Bonnie Whitaker
    signed 2026-03-09 20:19:35 +0000
  • Nicola Whitehead
    signed 2026-03-09 20:19:18 +0000
  • Liz Cole
    signed 2026-03-09 20:18:07 +0000
    This type of torture labs should be abolished now. There are many ways to test, and it’s not on animals!
  • Jane Brueton
    signed 2026-03-09 20:17:59 +0000
  • Sarah-Jane Rogers
    signed 2026-03-09 20:17:55 +0000
  • Anne-Marie Williams
    signed 2026-03-09 20:17:18 +0000
  • philip fotheringham
    signed 2026-03-09 20:17:06 +0000
  • carol Haizelden
    signed 2026-03-09 20:16:58 +0000
  • amanda raithatha
    signed 2026-03-09 20:16:51 +0000
  • Charlotte Bates
    signed 2026-03-09 20:16:21 +0000
  • Deborah Mcclung
    signed 2026-03-09 20:15:51 +0000
  • Caroline Wheeler
    signed 2026-03-09 20:15:40 +0000
    This barbaric unnecessary testing on defenceless puppies needs to be stopped, they are sentient beings.
  • Shirley Isaac
    signed 2026-03-09 20:15:25 +0000
  • Mariangela Monterisi
    signed 2026-03-09 20:15:22 +0000
  • David Bates
    signed 2026-03-09 20:15:12 +0000
  • Julie Haynes
    signed 2026-03-09 20:13:18 +0000
  • Roberta Spooner
    signed 2026-03-09 20:13:12 +0000
    I’ve followed the horrors of this place for ages, the people who stay there month after month, year after year protesting against the horrific cruelty, and having to listen to the pitiful cries of the poor puppies and adult dogs trapped in that hell hole are absolute heroes! I truly believe they are. Surely this must end soon and these poor sweet creatures will be set free at last
  • Yvonne Newell
    signed 2026-03-09 20:13:08 +0000
  • Danielle Plummer
    signed 2026-03-09 20:12:50 +0000
    Barbaric! Shut it down these poor defenseless animals
  • Nichola Kerr
    signed 2026-03-09 20:12:38 +0000