01 · Help us grow

Could you be the person we're looking for?

• Legal -help us understand the legal and regulatory framework, including where there may be opportunities to challenge it, strengthen our campaign positions and arguments, support us with any contracts we undertake and support us as we consider our legal structure and the next steps we need to take as we grow.

• Events -help us build an ambitious but achievable events strategy that grows public awareness and support. From marches and local events to festivals and other opportunities to reach new audiences, we want to make this campaign impossible to ignore.

• Risk & Compliance -growth brings responsibility. We need someone to help us develop our structures, understand and manage risk, ensure we are compliant and make sure our activities remain safe, responsible and well run.

• Finance -until now, we haven’t been a fundraising campaign. But supporters are already personally funding leaflets, T-shirts and other campaign materials, and our ambitions are growing. Events, stands, sound systems, screens and awareness activity all cost money. We need someone to help us understand the implications, establish the right financial processes and maintain clear, transparent and auditable accounts.

02 · New & Improved

Our website just got easier to use

• Better mobile navigation - much easier when you’re on the go

• A new search function – find what you’re looking for faster

• Updated timelines and information – keeping you up to date with the campaign

• A brand-new gallery – packed with photos from our marches and events. Take a look through the gallery and see if you can spot yourself!

03 · Your campaign needs you

Here's how you can help

• Your MP. Your voice. Make it heard -if we want to create change, we need the people in power to hear us. That’s where your MP comes in. MPs represent their constituents, scrutinise government, debate the issues that matter, help make and change laws. Contacting your MP is one of the ways you can make sure they understand the issues you care about. You don’t have to do it alone, we can help you every step of the way. We already have templates to help you write that first letter. But did you know our MP team can also help you with the response? If the answer you receive doesn’t address your questions, we can also help you work out what to ask next and how to keep the conversation going. Send your letter through our website and we’ll even remind you after 21 days if you haven’t received a reply. Want to learn more? On 24 October @ 09:00, our MP team is running a practical coaching session covering the whole process. We’ll have three experienced people on hand, plenty of time for questions, and we’ll make it as simple as possible. We’ll also talk you through our MP strategy, and next steps for our campaign. The session will last for two hours, including plenty of time for questions.

04 · Every voice matters

Sign the petition

• Please sign. Please share. Every signature matters. - Many of you will have seen Peter Egan’s petition calling for a parliamentary inquiry into the regulation of animal testing. We’re proud to support it and we want to help get it to 100,000 signatures, which is the threshold needed for it to be considered for debate in Parliament. So please, sign it, share it and ask your friends and family to sign too. Every signature adds another voice. This is a key opportunity to shine a light on the suffering of animals used in research and those bred for it at facilities like MBR Acres, and to push for a kinder, more modern future. Let’s get it to 100,000. For every animal who deserves better.

05

In the press home & away

• Save the Dogs UK was on TV! Save the Dogs have done their first TV interview! Hazel spoke to That’s TV Cambridgeshire, talking about our Huntingdon march and the MBR beagles. This is a huge moment for us. For the first time, Save the Dogs UK will be on TV! And even more excitingly, media outlets are now proactively approaching us because they want to cover what we’re doing. That is testament to every single one of you who is marching, sharing, writing, campaigning and speaking up. Our voice is growing, people are listening and our campaign is being taken seriously. Every piece of coverage helps us reach more people, raise awareness of the MBR beagles and build the support we need to secure the permanent closure of MBR Acres.

• The US lead the way There are more encouraging signs of change in the US. The National Institutes for Health (NIH) is accelerating investment in human-based research, has closed its internal beagle laboratory and is now supporting the rehoming of research animals. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are also taking steps to reduce reliance on animals, while the proposed COMPACT Act could further restrict federal funding for research involving live dogs and cats. Importantly for us, Marshall BioResources is now working with Kindness Ranch and Homes for Animal Heroes to rehome beagles from its New York facility. This is real progress. It shows that another future is possible for these dogs and gives us a powerful precedent to push for the same change here in the UK.

06 · Be there

Upcoming events