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MBR Acres breeds thousands of beagle puppies each year at its site in Cambridgeshire, selling them on for painful, outdated experiments.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There are growing calls from the public to save these beagles and all animals from outdated, torturous experiments.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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For the thousands of puppies still trapped in cages, let's win these trials and Shut Down MBR Acres.

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  • Stuti chauhan
    signed 2026-03-16 11:38:31 +0000
  • Cindy Gil
    signed 2026-03-16 11:34:00 +0000
    This is inhumane to do something that horrible to other animal . It should not be happening in 2026.
  • Emma Wright
    signed 2026-03-16 11:33:05 +0000
  • Scarlett Sharp
    signed 2026-03-16 11:31:53 +0000
  • Jackie Haley
    signed 2026-03-16 11:30:20 +0000
    J Haley
  • Aleshia Layton-Cooper
    signed 2026-03-16 11:26:16 +0000
    Absolute Insanity. End this mindless sadistic cruelty now. The worst criminals. No heart and a danger to society.
  • Katelyn Bester
    signed 2026-03-16 11:26:08 +0000
  • Lesley Spence
    signed 2026-03-16 11:25:44 +0000
  • Anna Frydrychová
    signed 2026-03-16 11:25:25 +0000
  • Rebekah Moore
    signed 2026-03-16 11:23:01 +0000
  • Finn Oates
    signed 2026-03-16 11:21:37 +0000
  • Sally-ann Allcock
    signed 2026-03-16 11:20:35 +0000
  • Anna Jameson
    signed 2026-03-16 11:14:35 +0000
  • Anna Coe
    signed 2026-03-16 11:13:20 +0000
  • sophia kane
    signed 2026-03-16 11:13:06 +0000
  • Elizabeth Carlos
    signed 2026-03-16 11:08:31 +0000
  • Philip Walker
    signed 2026-03-16 11:08:06 +0000
  • Meenakshi Pamarthi
    signed 2026-03-16 11:08:05 +0000
  • Rachelle Zialcita
    signed 2026-03-16 11:06:49 +0000
    SAVE THE BABIES
  • Lauren Wilson
    signed 2026-03-16 11:05:37 +0000
  • Gillian Cockburn
    signed 2026-03-16 11:02:22 +0000
  • rebekah smith
    signed 2026-03-16 11:00:46 +0000
  • Katelyn Theabould-Ross
    signed 2026-03-16 11:00:15 +0000
    Ive seen videos of what they do to the poor puppys in there, i wholeheartedly believe it is a place where sick physcotic people go to get their rocks off. It is shameful how they are shook and battered, starved and beaten for now complying with abuse. Absolutely disgusting vile humans
  • Simon walker
    signed 2026-03-16 10:55:18 +0000
    I honestly thought this heinous testing lab was shut down years ago .

    How is it still allowed?
  • Sue While
    signed 2026-03-16 10:53:29 +0000
  • Holly West
    signed 2026-03-16 10:46:02 +0000
  • Madison Little
    signed 2026-03-16 10:45:17 +0000
  • Shanelle Martinez
    signed 2026-03-16 10:39:15 +0000
    I hope this ends, and all of those poor babies gets rescued:((
  • r salvona
    signed 2026-03-16 10:35:15 +0000
  • Saranya Naidu
    signed 2026-03-16 10:34:32 +0000
    Please shut it down