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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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 +0100I 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!
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Mary Silveri signed 2026-05-30 22:56:55 +0100This cruelty to animals is absolutely disgraceful. Shut this horrendous torture chamber down now -
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Pippa Docherty signed 2026-05-30 22:42:43 +0100The work you are doing is incredible. Save these babies!!! -
Sharon Campbell signed 2026-05-30 22:29:40 +0100Stop 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!!! -
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Isabelle chance signed 2026-05-30 21:18:46 +0100This is heartbreaking! Thank you for making this a better world, giving these dogs a second chance of life and saving them -
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Adell Dwane signed 2026-05-30 20:53:17 +0100Shouldn’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 +0100Please 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 +0100We 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 +0100This barbaric practice needs to stop -
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