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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Tonicha Cummings
    signed 2026-07-16 12:42:59 +0100
  • Lucy-Jo Moore
    signed 2026-07-16 12:38:42 +0100
    🥲🥲🥲🥲
  • dena webb
    signed 2026-07-16 12:13:00 +0100
    We,ve only just found out about this abomination. Surely in this day and age this shouldn,t be happening? Doodle Dog is our lovely,gentle ,funny beagle.
  • Mia Block
    signed 2026-07-16 12:09:29 +0100
  • Jackie K
    signed 2026-07-16 12:07:56 +0100
  • Diane Quick
    signed 2026-07-16 12:06:19 +0100
  • Deborah Neil
    signed 2026-07-16 12:05:07 +0100
    THIS HAS TO STOP.
  • Hazel Renshall
    signed 2026-07-16 12:02:20 +0100
  • Kateřina Kozáková
    signed 2026-07-16 11:43:10 +0100
  • Diane Wishart
    signed 2026-07-16 10:20:26 +0100
    We all know that using animals has over 90% failure rates when trialled in humans so why we ask does it continue! Money and corruption!! Stop using our hard earned taxes to abuse animals unnecessarily!!
  • Hannah Samuels
    signed 2026-07-16 10:17:06 +0100
  • Mark A Smith
    signed 2026-07-16 09:26:44 +0100
  • Lena Kowalska
    signed 2026-07-16 09:19:28 +0100
  • Charmaine Francis
    signed 2026-07-16 08:42:43 +0100
  • Maria Bermudez Perez Maria Bermudez Perez
    signed 2026-07-16 02:59:00 +0100
    I signed because this is one of humanity’s greatest betrayals. We selectively bred these gentle, trusting animals to serve our interests—first to help us survive, then to chase and terrorize foxes for our own entertainment. And when we were done using them, we condemned countless Beagles to lives behind laboratory walls, trapped in cages and subjected to experiments because of their gentle nature.

    Their history is not one of choice—it is one of exploitation. They gave us their loyalty, their trust, and their lives. We owe them better than this. It’s time to end the suffering and stop treating Beagles as tools to be used and discarded. They deserve dignity, compassion, and the chance to simply be dogs.
  • Megan E Pritchard
    signed 2026-07-16 00:00:42 +0100
  • Megan Stranack
    signed 2026-07-15 23:52:02 +0100
  • Mary Kerr
    signed 2026-07-15 23:40:31 +0100
  • Amy Blackwell
    signed 2026-07-15 23:01:46 +0100
  • Joanne Doyle
    signed 2026-07-15 22:58:42 +0100
    Ban this out-dated and terribly cruel practice.
  • Louise Wilkinson
    signed 2026-07-15 22:57:15 +0100
  • Marleen Dohmen
    signed 2026-07-15 22:27:13 +0100
    Stop this all! This are humans ❤️
  • Nicola Rainbird
    signed 2026-07-15 21:51:34 +0100
  • emily christodoulou
    signed 2026-07-15 20:48:35 +0100
  • Rosa Roberts
    signed 2026-07-15 19:55:08 +0100
  • Abigail Stallard
    signed 2026-07-15 19:31:40 +0100
  • Pete Burgess
    signed 2026-07-15 19:27:23 +0100
  • Lisa Augustine
    signed 2026-07-15 18:19:54 +0100
  • Alexis Bennett
    signed 2026-07-15 16:47:26 +0100
    Please stop this. The cruelty is unbearable.
  • Frances Bennett
    signed 2026-07-15 16:45:10 +0100
    Please end this heartbreaking cruelty. Every day we witness new images, videos, hear cries and discover exactly what is going on in those tin sheds. It is entirely, entirely unnecessary.