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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Hervé Venries Prat
    signed 2026-07-08 16:33:07 +0100
    Cruelty like this is totally unacceptable and should be put to an end immediately.

    Shame on all the workers of this puppy farm.
  • Hollie Park
    signed 2026-07-08 16:29:17 +0100
  • Audrey McCann
    signed 2026-07-08 16:18:44 +0100
    Please close MBR acres down. These innocent fur babies deserve to live & go to a loving home. They don’t deserve to be tortured. Blood drained out of them. Along with their organs. To be sold to labs. Do they human thing. Close this evil place down. No animal should ever suffer for a human.
  • Jenny Rosenbaum
    signed 2026-07-08 16:04:28 +0100
  • Alessandro Ruysseveldt
    signed 2026-07-08 15:51:33 +0100
  • Gillian Lee
    signed 2026-07-08 15:38:30 +0100
    Shop the sick people causing pain and fear to such gentle animals.

    Shame on you all!
  • Viola Shaver
    signed 2026-07-08 15:18:49 +0100
  • Elizabeth Moyle
    signed 2026-07-08 15:07:26 +0100
  • Jayne Willett
    signed 2026-07-08 14:44:50 +0100
  • Katy Adams
    signed 2026-07-08 14:16:59 +0100
  • Sarah Dowman
    signed 2026-07-08 13:25:40 +0100
  • Vicki Pellegrini
    signed 2026-07-08 13:19:37 +0100
    End All Animal testing & research now! Modern technology can and will replace these torturous, useless experiments! Torturing & killing innocent gentle natured animals for profit $$$ is EVIL to the core!
  • Hannah Savage
    signed 2026-07-08 10:57:56 +0100
  • Margaret Lindsay
    signed 2026-07-08 10:07:02 +0100
  • sam mcmahon
    signed 2026-07-08 09:46:10 +0100
  • Bernice Gibson-Ost
    signed 2026-07-08 08:06:36 +0100
    I visited this place in June and it’s heartbreaking. I find this totally abhorrent and cannot believe the UK, supposedly a country of animal lovers can do this. I also find it incredible that the government can classify animals as products with no feelings. Of course they have feelings they’re dogs, they still hurt!!!!!! let’s be real about this, it’s archaic, disgusting, systematic torture and everyone is turning a blind eye. Alternatives are known and more effective but companies make money and money has a voice.

    This literally breaks my heart and makes me ashamed to be British. Government, you need to step up and put an end to this right now.
  • Dianne Drew
    signed 2026-07-08 06:03:34 +0100
    It’s barbaric and it needs to end.
  • emma maver
    signed 2026-07-08 03:19:31 +0100
  • Allan Rubin
    signed 2026-07-08 03:14:26 +0100
  • Ella John
    signed 2026-07-08 02:20:50 +0100
    SAVE THE LITTLE BABIES!!! (Beagles)
  • Maria Smith
    signed 2026-07-08 01:11:27 +0100
  • kelly kelly
    signed 2026-07-08 00:33:34 +0100
  • Joan Murohy
    signed 2026-07-07 22:58:25 +0100
  • Lucy Rennie
    signed 2026-07-07 22:11:58 +0100
  • Ksren Hewlett
    signed 2026-07-07 19:52:04 +0100
  • Isobel Grogan
    signed 2026-07-07 19:45:59 +0100
  • Jodean Elliott
    signed 2026-07-07 19:34:43 +0100
  • Robert Donnelly
    signed 2026-07-07 19:29:31 +0100
  • Samantha Robinson
    signed 2026-07-07 18:25:27 +0100
  • Naomi Gibbon
    signed 2026-07-07 17:57:37 +0100