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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • daphne shaw
    signed 2026-02-04 16:15:23 +0000
  • Madi Prince
    signed 2026-02-04 16:14:45 +0000
  • Muya Kalifungwa
    signed 2026-02-04 16:12:29 +0000
  • ruby ansell
    signed 2026-02-04 16:11:38 +0000
  • Robyn Delisle
    signed 2026-01-27 11:53:39 +0000
  • Connar Mcavoy
    signed 2026-01-27 11:53:30 +0000
    Stop this – these beautiful dogs deserve to live in happy, loving, comfortable homes!
  • Emma Folliguet
    signed 2026-01-27 11:41:50 +0000
  • Katie Smith
    signed 2026-01-27 11:36:47 +0000
  • Riya Bala
    signed 2026-01-27 11:35:09 +0000
  • Lucy Atkinson
    signed 2026-01-27 11:35:08 +0000
  • Jasper Jensen
    signed 2026-01-27 11:34:49 +0000
  • rebecca sharp
    signed 2026-01-27 11:30:54 +0000
  • Charley Haarsma
    signed 2026-01-27 11:26:36 +0000
  • Kerryanne Conlon
    signed 2026-01-27 11:23:56 +0000
  • Lauren walton
    signed 2026-01-27 11:20:32 +0000
    Save the innocent puppies.
  • Rhiannon holmes
    signed 2026-01-27 11:19:10 +0000
  • Rachael Zammit
    signed 2026-01-27 11:18:38 +0000
    No animal should be used for testing of anything !
  • Ruby Holland
    signed 2026-01-27 11:11:44 +0000
    No one deserves their birth life and death to be in a living hell.
  • A Castillo
    signed 2026-01-27 11:09:54 +0000
  • Tina Tina
    signed 2026-01-27 11:07:01 +0000
    Shut it down animal cruelty she done the right thing rescuing them we wouldn’t out humans through this set them free!!!!!
  • Ella Logan
    signed 2026-01-27 11:02:49 +0000
  • Morgan Sgoluppi
    signed 2026-01-27 11:00:23 +0000
  • Amelie Bamford
    signed 2026-01-27 10:59:24 +0000
  • Maisy Brindley
    signed 2026-01-27 10:50:40 +0000
  • Erin Brindley
    signed 2026-01-27 10:48:47 +0000
    please free the beagles
  • Amalia Rentifi
    signed 2026-01-27 10:44:41 +0000
  • Madison Willis
    signed 2026-01-27 10:43:55 +0000
  • Lucinda Faulkner
    signed 2026-01-27 10:37:16 +0000
    It’s 2026. Outdated animal testing is both morally and intellectually wrong. Better technology is available. Animals, no matter the species should not be used, ever. It’s time to stamp it out.
  • Jazz Dickens
    signed 2026-01-27 10:29:45 +0000
  • Paula Watson
    signed 2026-01-27 10:25:52 +0000
    This needs to stop it’s barbaric