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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Bartosz Maruszak
    signed 2026-07-17 21:52:57 +0100
  • Anna Maruszak
    signed 2026-07-17 21:46:23 +0100
  • Rachael Holland-Lindsay
    signed 2026-07-17 21:41:02 +0100
    This place is horrific!! I am disgusted this is happening shut this place down NOW. RELEASE THE DOGS
  • Lily Spin
    signed 2026-07-17 21:36:52 +0100
  • Jo Brown
    signed 2026-07-17 21:19:01 +0100
  • Victor Smith
    signed 2026-07-17 21:00:25 +0100
  • Wildha Charles
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  • Kim Smith
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  • Wendy crane Wendy crane
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  • Katarzyna Andrzejewska
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  • Sharini Mudiyan
    signed 2026-07-17 19:55:28 +0100
  • Matt Fisher
    signed 2026-07-17 19:15:27 +0100
  • Deborah Reid
    signed 2026-07-17 18:51:40 +0100
  • Emily O'Leary
    signed 2026-07-17 18:37:36 +0100
  • Frankie French
    signed 2026-07-17 18:31:58 +0100
    As a beagle owner this hurts my heart. Such a misunderstood breed. To earn their trust and use it the way they do is disgusting. They should know a life of love, happiness and safety. Not fear , cages and testing. Not only that but the thought of all those angel doggies that have lost their life to this. Never knowing real love. It’s evil. It’s inhumane.
  • David Smith
    signed 2026-07-17 17:40:01 +0100
  • Richard Ward
    signed 2026-07-17 16:26:43 +0100
  • Elena Callegari
    signed 2026-07-17 16:21:51 +0100
  • Catherine Hancock
    signed 2026-07-17 15:35:45 +0100
  • Hannah Ashcroft
    signed 2026-07-17 14:22:17 +0100
  • Michelle Shelley
    signed 2026-07-17 14:08:54 +0100
    This is disgraceful, barbaric, evil and depraved. No excuse for this in this day and age.
  • Janet Morgan
    signed 2026-07-17 13:54:50 +0100
    Stop this cruelty. It’s barbaric. I don’t understand how you people can live

    With yourselves for what you do-EVIL
  • Dawn Jenkins
    signed 2026-07-17 13:53:29 +0100
  • Toni Hendrich
    signed 2026-07-17 13:52:36 +0100
  • Rob Gair
    signed 2026-07-17 13:44:30 +0100
    Animal testing is inhumane and barbaric and like all forms of animal abuse should be consigned to history. It has not been particularly helpful in the past and now there are proven modern alternatives which have better results.

    Shut down MBR Acres who make a disgraceful business out of animal suffering.
  • Jayne Craven
    signed 2026-07-17 12:51:12 +0100
  • Alice D'Abrusco
    signed 2026-07-17 12:46:29 +0100
    I wish I could do more 😭
  • Evander Funnell
    signed 2026-07-17 12:26:38 +0100
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