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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Sue Oneill
    signed 2026-03-09 20:06:30 +0000
  • Debbie Jamieson
    signed 2026-03-09 20:06:25 +0000
  • Mickey v. Br.
    signed 2026-03-09 20:05:57 +0000
  • Kymeeka Mcphail
    signed 2026-03-09 20:04:55 +0000
  • Kevin Hargreaves
    signed 2026-03-09 20:04:46 +0000
  • Lyn Wright
    signed 2026-03-09 20:04:36 +0000
  • Tracy Battensby
    signed 2026-03-09 20:04:12 +0000
  • Yvonne Williamson
    signed 2026-03-09 20:04:03 +0000
  • Tony Day
    signed 2026-03-09 20:03:47 +0000
    Animal testing is barbaric, long outdated and must be stopped, there are no excuses. No doubt there is money involved, and greed is one of the things that’s messing up this world.
  • Christine Stockley
    signed 2026-03-09 20:03:26 +0000
  • Russell Posch
    signed 2026-03-09 20:03:25 +0000
  • Philippa Parkin
    signed 2026-03-09 20:03:14 +0000
  • Frani Cross
    signed 2026-03-09 20:03:11 +0000
    I look to the UK for kindness to animals and modern scientific research that does not use animals. You are the world leader and I trust you will do the right thing. Please end MBR Acres and let the beagles go to shelters for adoption.
  • Nina Buxton
    signed via 2026-03-09 20:03:10 +0000
  • Eleanor Cowie
    signed 2026-03-09 20:02:39 +0000
    In this day and age, places like this, have no place in the UK. Animals deserve better. With the advancement of science, animal experiments are no longer needed, so this MBR Acers should be shut down as soon as possible.I think it’s shocking that it is still breeding puppies for experiments. The cruelty is abhorrent to me.
  • L McDowell
    signed 2026-03-09 20:02:32 +0000
  • Sandra Haynes
    signed 2026-03-09 20:02:16 +0000
    We need to shut down these Torture chambers, It’s in human for a sentiment animal to be treated this way
  • Jayne Eaglesfield
    signed 2026-03-09 20:01:47 +0000
  • Gillian Kirk
    signed 2026-03-09 20:01:42 +0000
  • Jacqui Black
    signed 2026-03-09 20:01:20 +0000
  • Dawn Lonergan
    signed 2026-03-09 20:00:50 +0000
  • Sharon Wood
    signed 2026-03-09 20:00:46 +0000
    This place is a hellhole , these beautiful puppies deserve a life of love, walks, soft beds and good food not daily abuse and torture. This is the 21st century not the Middle Ages , close this place down now there ar3 better ways to test substances thereis no need to use animals.
  • Janice Martinez
    signed 2026-03-09 19:59:22 +0000
    “A Universe is, indeed, to be pitied whose dominating inhabitants are so unconscious and so ethically embryonic that they make life a commodity, mercy a disease and systematic massacre a pastime and a profession.” Sums up dysfunctional humans that test on animals. Animal FREE Research have results on diseases without using ANY ANIMALS. Check them out on the Web.
  • Tracie Cooper
    signed 2026-03-09 19:58:39 +0000
  • Michael Cox
    signed via 2026-03-09 19:58:22 +0000
    Please close this animal hell hole. This is not research it’s animal torture!
  • June Hodgson
    signed 2026-03-09 19:58:10 +0000
  • Terry Congdon
    signed 2026-03-09 19:58:00 +0000
  • Teresa Penzer
    signed 2026-03-09 19:57:31 +0000
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  • Kirsty Latham
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