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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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  • Philippa Rolleston
    signed 2026-05-30 14:09:16 +0100
  • Ben Sharpe
    signed 2026-05-30 13:51:37 +0100
    Absolutely barbaric, and outdated. Do these people not have souls
  • Alessandro Morelli
    signed 2026-05-30 13:46:46 +0100
  • Sharon Lockwood
    signed 2026-05-30 13:38:26 +0100
  • Sumer Carey
    signed 2026-05-30 13:31:42 +0100
  • Sandra Brassington
    signed 2026-05-30 13:17:05 +0100
  • Brandon Perez
    signed 2026-05-30 13:14:42 +0100
  • Flo Lavit
    signed 2026-05-30 13:12:43 +0100
    Animal testing should be banned especially if not done for medical research. Medical research on animal should be tightly regulated /phased out as animal don’t react like humans. Also all the work previously done should not require to do further animal testing. All people working with animals should be vetted so that nobody can’t get their kicks out of torturing animals.
  • sally Vause
    signed 2026-05-30 13:10:40 +0100
  • Ben Stewart
    signed 2026-05-30 13:04:57 +0100
  • Jasmina Krstinovska
    signed 2026-05-30 12:59:20 +0100
  • Amelie Newell
    signed 2026-05-30 12:47:39 +0100
  • Mery Wolke
    signed 2026-05-30 12:38:15 +0100
    I have been fighting the concept of animal testing since the age of 14 when I read The Red Cage 40 years ago. It is shocking this still exists
  • Daniel Guy
    signed 2026-05-30 12:20:51 +0100
  • Fiona Curran
    signed 2026-05-30 12:15:05 +0100
  • Barbara Jackiewicz
    signed 2026-05-30 12:13:04 +0100
    The same should be done to the monster ‘humans’.
  • Niall Hickman
    signed 2026-05-30 12:10:18 +0100
  • Hannah Griffin
    signed 2026-05-30 11:58:32 +0100
  • James Reynolds
    signed 2026-05-30 11:47:59 +0100
  • Stephen Marshall
    signed 2026-05-30 11:46:17 +0100
  • Michelle Pachtmann
    signed 2026-05-30 11:39:35 +0100
  • Claire Jaggs
    signed 2026-05-30 11:38:23 +0100
    Shut that horrible evil place down I’d rather test on humans
  • Dan Rushe
    signed 2026-05-30 11:38:18 +0100
  • Aj Hindson
    signed 2026-05-30 11:37:17 +0100
    Test on rapists and people on life sentences not poor defenceless dogs
  • Hadya Amet
    signed 2026-05-30 11:27:51 +0100
  • Enda Gallagher
    signed 2026-05-30 11:25:13 +0100
  • Jenny McGarrigle
    signed 2026-05-30 11:22:35 +0100
  • Ella Collier
    signed 2026-05-30 11:20:17 +0100
  • Diana Gomes
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  • Shelby Pepin
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