A petition calling on the UK Home Office to shut down MBR Acres, a beagle breeding facility in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, has gathered nearly 190,000 signatures. Over 2,000 beagle puppies are bred at the site every year.
Some are bled and dissected on-site. Others are sent to laboratories for toxicology testing where they are force-fed chemicals and killed.
Animal Rising, which organised the petition, argues that proven alternatives already exist. Organ-on-a-chip technology, AI modelling, and human cell-based testing can replace animal experiments today. Campaigners say these methods are more accurate and more ethical.
In 2022, Animal Rising rescued 23 puppies from the facility. Twenty rescuers will face court this year, pleading not guilty to burglary charges. The organisation is calling the trial an opportunity to put animal testing itself on public trial.
The petition calls on the Home Office to safely rehome all beagles at MBR Acres, shut the facility permanently, and invest in modern humane testing alternatives.
Living in a luxury house in London and sipping champagne on the book festival circuit is about as far away from serving a prison sentence as I can imagine. It’s worth remembering that thanks to Nicola Sturgeon vulnerable women in Scottish prisons are banged up with violent men.
Sonny had been left behind by his family and was extremely sick. He was also an older gentleman.
I put a tie on him when he came in and told him it would all be ok.
Look at him now with his new family. He is aging backwards ❤️
We had a lovely long walk today in the jungle just myself and Rocky.
I’m so so proud of him. Just look at that smile.
He is an inspiration to us all to never give up ❤️ (8/8)
5 weeks ago Rocky came into our lives.
He was as close to death as is possible for a dog to get. Everything was stacked against him.
Many people told me to put him to sleep. Thankfully we didn’t. You should see him today… (1/8) 🧵
Finally some good news from Hampstead Heath! 😀😍
This was just posted by 'swansofhampsteadheath' on Instagr*m 😊
See what she says in the next post in this thread! ⬇️
THANK YOU to all my followers who helped the issue go viral here... you made a difference! 💪👏🐦❤️😍
Isn't he stunning? 🤩 Fox Dad Bertie is on den den watch whilst mum Spring has gone looking for food. Nothing escapes his eagle eyes and helicopter ears and finely tuned nose when he is protecting his young from possible intruders. 👁
I adore the tiny white star on his black chest. He is such a looker. What do you love about Bertie? 🦊
I am incredibly grateful that I was able to treat him for lung worm when he was very poorly and coughing nonstop. 🙏🐾
#fox #cemeteryfoxes #foxes #foxfamily #wildlife
Finally.
Though this is very much *not* “government” guidance. It’s @EHRC guidance. The government (should) have nothing to do with it except to (1) respond to the consultation like anyone else who wants to, and (2) decide whether to put it before Parliament.
Released after 24 exhausting hours in custody following an illegal arrest, and straight back to work because my family still depends on me.
I will be taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police and Mayor of London over what I believe was unfair and continuous discriminatory treatment.
I don’t want GoFundMe or handouts. I want to earn it.
If you want to support me, come dine at the non-halal Indian restaurant Rangrez in Hammersmith. Support through community, not charity.
Kemi’s media interview today was interrupted by the kind of people that shout loudest at the Hate Marches. You know, the ones that aren’t polite enough to wait ‘til the end, then ask a question, then to actually listen to the answer.
This is what happened.
Thank you to my Jewish friends for helping me to see this.
‘A society which has become accustomed to a background hum of antisemitism will always find a way to blame Jewish people for the hostility and anger their existence provokes.’
https://t.co/9Oa6zzlsMM
My 3 minute film of the @NoMinWPrisons Saturday protest outside HMP Downview, concerning our government's continued placement of male prisoners in the female estate
#NoMenInWomensPrisons
https://t.co/YXRl56jMCH