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Peaceful · Grassroots · Lawful

Pro modern science.
Pro dogs.

Beagles are bred in Britain — up to two thousand a year at one Cambridgeshire facility — to be experimented on in British laboratories. Most people have no idea it’s even legal. Save the Dogs UK exists to change that.

We are a peaceful, grassroots awareness campaign. Our tools are MP pressure, regulator transparency, parliamentary motions and public awareness — lawful, open, and relentless. We believe scientific progress and compassion belong together, and that modern, human-relevant science can replace the use of dogs entirely.

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Two minutes, right now

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Our mission

  • 01End the use of dogs in testing in the UK.
  • 02Champion the modern, non-animal science that can replace it.
  • 03Save the MBR beagles.

Everything we do is peaceful, lawful and in the open — no secret plans, no grey areas. We aim pressure at institutions and official channels, never at individuals. That discipline is what makes this campaign impossible to dismiss.

This is happening. Here.

2,000

beagles a year, as widely reported, bred at MBR Acres for laboratories

2,889

experimental procedures on dogs in British labs in 2025, up 9% (Home Office)

65+

companies have already cut ties with MBR Acres

121,854

signatures on petition 736578, debated in Westminster Hall on 27 April 2026

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How we work

Four levers. All lawful. All working.

The blocker isn’t political will — most MPs already agree. It’s public awareness. So we pull the levers that turn quiet agreement into action on the record.

MP pressure

Most MPs already accept that dog testing should end — what they need is constituents on the record asking them to act. Our tool finds your MP and writes the letter with you, in two minutes. No account needed.

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ASRU transparency

The regulator that licenses animal testing operates behind closed doors. We push — through MPs, written questions and public scrutiny — for the audits, the licences and the numbers to be put where the public can see them.

The legal framework

Parliamentary motions

Early Day Motions, written questions and debates keep the issue on the order paper and MPs on the record. We brief sympathetic MPs and mobilise support behind every relevant motion.

The parliamentary case

Public awareness

Most people still have no idea beagles are bred in Britain to be experimented on. Street stalls, local events, social media, conversations — awareness is the lever that moves all the others.

Raise it where you live

The open letter

We wrote. They stayed silent.

In June 2026 we wrote to MBR Acres in good faith — a public, peaceful offer to meet on their terms and negotiate an end to beagle breeding at Wyton. We gave them four weeks. They did not respond. Their silence is an answer — and it is now part of the public record.

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Every newsletter we’ve sent is kept on the record.

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You are not alone

Part of a movement that’s winning.

In 2026, sustained lawful pressure closed Ridglan Farms — the closest US equivalent to MBR Acres — and freed more than two thousand beagles. We stand independently alongside Camp Beagle, MBR Suppliers, TOXICITY.inc, Animal Rising and Save the Dogs USA. The same result is possible here.

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Questions people ask

MBR Acres, in short

What is MBR Acres?
MBR Acres is a commercial beagle breeding facility in Wyton, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. It breeds beagles for sale to laboratories, mainly for regulatory toxicity testing of medicines and chemicals, and is widely reported to breed up to 2,000 beagles a year, sold at around sixteen weeks old. As of October 2026 it is still operating. See the facts.
Where is MBR Acres?
MBR Acres is on Sawtry Way (the B1090), Wyton, Cambridgeshire PE28 2DT, just outside Huntingdon. The Camp Beagle protest camp has been outside its gates since June 2021, and the 26 September 2026 march walked there from Huntingdon station. See the facts for the site and its history.
Who owns MBR Acres?
MBR Acres is owned by the US group Marshall BioResources (Marshall Farm Group Ltd), based in North Rose, New York. A 2021 High Court judgment records that its UK subsidiary, MBR Acres Ltd, took over the Wyton site in January 2018 from previous owners including Harlan Laboratories. Marshall’s Italian beagle farm, Green Hill, was seized in 2012 and three senior staff were convicted of animal cruelty.
How many beagles are at MBR Acres?
MBR Acres is widely reported to breed up to 2,000 beagles a year for laboratories; the company has not published its own figure. Across Great Britain, Home Office statistics published in July 2026 record 2,889 experimental procedures on dogs in 2025, up 9% on 2024. In 2021, 4,016 procedures used beagles.
Is breeding beagles for testing legal in the UK?
Yes. Breeding dogs for experiments is legal in the UK if the breeder holds an establishment licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, issued and inspected by the Home Office’s Animals in Science Regulation Unit. MBR Acres holds one. Italy banned breeding dogs for experiments in 2014. This campaign seeks the lawful closure of MBR Acres through licence revocation and Parliament. See the law.
What is Save the Dogs UK?
Save the Dogs UK (savethedogs.uk) is an independent, peaceful UK campaign to end the breeding of beagles for laboratories at MBR Acres and, ultimately, the use of dogs in testing. It works through MP pressure, regulator transparency, parliamentary motions and public awareness. It is not affiliated with Camp Beagle, Animal Rising or Save the Dogs USA, though it stands alongside them.
How can I help the MBR Acres beagles?
The quickest way to help the MBR Acres beagles is to write to your MP: the tool finds your MP and drafts the letter in about two minutes. You can also sign Peter Egan’s parliamentary petition for a public inquiry into animal-testing regulation, come to an event, print leaflets or join the WhatsApp community. Everything is on How to help.

Awareness is the whole game.

Make it impossible to look away.

Every letter to an MP, every signature, every conversation on a high street moves an issue Parliament already quietly agrees on. Start with two minutes today.

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