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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Muriel Ashby
    signed 2026-03-09 18:31:36 +0000
  • Jayne Bennett
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  • Lisa Barrett
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  • Jean Pierre Blanchard
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  • Rob Sier
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  • Carole Chapple
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  • Mary Southwell
    signed 2026-03-09 18:29:15 +0000
    I have been supporting a charity in the US that aims to rescue dogs, cats and monkeys abused in American laboratories. Somehow I had assumed we were kinder and wiser in Britain. Silly me.

    The one thing I THINK we do better here – by law – is to euthanise animals after an experiment is over, not to keep torturing them for years in different ways. But I may be wrong about this too.

    Four years ago I adopted a Romanian dog – an old lady like me. We are very happy together, and although I’ll weep buckets when she dies, I would rather do this than adopt a bouncing puppy who will then be heartbroken when I die – and may not even know that I’ve died, not just dumped him/her. (I am 76.)

    If you have rescued any old dogs, I may be able to give one a happy home.
  • Maria Gerardi
    signed 2026-03-09 18:29:00 +0000
  • Sandra Holmes
    signed 2026-03-09 18:28:57 +0000
  • Carl Burrett
    signed 2026-03-09 18:28:29 +0000
  • Bethany Keeble
    signed 2026-03-09 18:28:28 +0000
    This is barbaric, free the animals and shut down MBR, and put a stop to animal testing for good
  • Dee McIntosh
    signed 2026-03-09 18:28:21 +0000
  • Sharne Brown
    signed 2026-03-09 18:28:16 +0000
  • Lorraine Shreeve
    signed 2026-03-09 18:27:35 +0000
  • Angie Gower
    signed 2026-03-09 18:27:34 +0000
  • Deborah Leese
    signed 2026-03-09 18:27:32 +0000
  • John Gatehouse
    signed 2026-03-09 18:27:31 +0000
  • Angela Logan
    signed 2026-03-09 18:27:21 +0000
  • Helen Wyard
    signed 2026-03-09 18:26:57 +0000
    There is no excuse to still be experimenting on any animal in this day & age, let alone companion animals like dogs!! This laboratory needs shutting down now before any more sentient beings are cruelly tortured for no good reason. Please do the right thing & save any more animals from laboratory horrors.
  • Felicity O'Keeffe
    signed 2026-03-09 18:26:45 +0000