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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Jennifer Ponsford
    signed 2026-05-30 23:15:33 +0100
    I work with street animals in Colombia and I don’t think they suffer as much as these beagles do. The UK a country that taught me to love animals is now the worst example to the world!

    Please end animal testing!
  • Mary Silveri
    signed 2026-05-30 22:56:55 +0100
    This cruelty to animals is absolutely disgraceful. Shut this horrendous torture chamber down now
  • Gordon Campbell
    signed 2026-05-30 22:53:02 +0100
  • Vikki Anson
    signed 2026-05-30 22:49:22 +0100
  • Allison Glazier
    signed 2026-05-30 22:49:16 +0100
  • Pippa Docherty
    signed 2026-05-30 22:42:43 +0100
    The work you are doing is incredible. Save these babies!!!
  • Sharon Campbell
    signed 2026-05-30 22:29:40 +0100
    Stop this atrocity!!! These dogs need love; care and a safe place to call home.

    Sience has moved on…yet this facility is in the dark ages!!

    Free the beagles! End the suffering NOW!!!
  • A Moreland
    signed 2026-05-30 22:21:18 +0100
  • Judah Numo
    signed 2026-05-30 22:15:14 +0100
  • Louise Gaw
    signed 2026-05-30 22:07:20 +0100
  • Ethan Piller
    signed 2026-05-30 22:03:49 +0100
  • Karen Rothwell
    signed 2026-05-30 21:55:53 +0100
  • Nadine Domeier
    signed 2026-05-30 21:54:16 +0100
  • Dianne Mcandrews
    signed 2026-05-30 21:24:00 +0100
  • Hannah Phillips
    signed 2026-05-30 21:19:29 +0100
  • Isabelle chance
    signed 2026-05-30 21:18:46 +0100
    This is heartbreaking! Thank you for making this a better world, giving these dogs a second chance of life and saving them
  • Morgan Apivor
    signed 2026-05-30 21:18:04 +0100
  • David Stevens
    signed 2026-05-30 21:04:05 +0100
  • Adell Dwane
    signed 2026-05-30 20:53:17 +0100
    Shouldn’t even need to be a petition this should have stopped years ago. Ashamed to be a human sometimes
  • Angela Akbas
    signed 2026-05-30 20:45:59 +0100
    Please end this abuse of animals especially beagles stop the animal

    Testing close Huntingdon farm , Cambridgeshire these beagles are suffering 💔💔💔💔
  • Julie Jones
    signed 2026-05-30 20:33:20 +0100
    We have got to stop this abhorrent cruelty. What kind of beings abuse and bully BABIES. The filth that do this to these animals are no better than rapists and paedophiles. It’s all a sickening abuse and violation of power, designed to control a being, that if given the choice, would stay stop. It’s long time this cruelty from the dark ages was exposed for the sickening disgrace it is. The brave people that rescue these animals and fight for them, they are true human beings. They are humane beings.
  • Colin Atkinson
    signed 2026-05-30 20:26:57 +0100
    This barbaric practice needs to stop
  • Sharon Coplo
    signed 2026-05-30 20:26:28 +0100
  • Leslie Yates
    signed 2026-05-30 20:18:57 +0100
    This should not be happening in the 21st century.
  • Lindi Gray
    signed 2026-05-30 19:55:45 +0100
  • Quyen Ramirez
    signed 2026-05-30 19:40:03 +0100
  • Rania Khatib
    signed 2026-05-30 19:37:57 +0100
  • Stephanie Bishop
    signed 2026-05-30 19:33:20 +0100
  • Reece Johnston
    signed 2026-05-30 19:16:50 +0100
  • Amanda Stanley
    signed 2026-05-30 19:12:57 +0100