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Defendants (From L-R): Ben Newman, Beau Sebastian, and Dan Kidby. In June 2022, three men rescued five beagle puppies from MBR Acres [1] In the fifth and final “Beagle Rescue Trial”, three defendants have all been convicted of burglary following several days of trial. The three were charged with the burglary of five dogs from MBR Acres in June 2022. The jury passed a majority 10-2 verdict after nearly 10 hours of deliberation. The conviction comes as pressure mounts on the Home Office to shut...

Defendants (L-R): Jennifer D’Netto, Andrew Houghton, Dev Vyas, Rose Patterson, and John Sasportas This afternoon, following over two weeks of trial and deliberation spanning three days, a jury at Peterborough Crown Court has acquitted five defendants charged with burglary after the rescue of 18 beagle puppies from MBR Acres in December 2022 [1]. MBR Acres is understood to be the UK’s only facility breeding dogs for the animal testing industry and has been subject to massive public and...

Photo taken at a demonstration against adding Life Sciences to Key National Infrastructure (5/1/26) Last night, a letter signed by dozens of cross-party MPs, celebrities including Dame Joanna Lumley and Amanda Holden, and animal organisations such as Animal Rising and PETA, was sent to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood MP [1]. The letter calls for an immediate closure of MBR Acres, the only site in the UK breeding dogs for the animal testing industry, alongside the safe rehoming of all the...