PUPPY FARM The UK dog factory where thousands are bred for experiments

Two million scientific experiments were carried out on animals in the UK in 2022.

More than four thousand Beagles were among them.

Home office figures published in April 2024 show that  in 2022 there were 175 cases of non-compliance to government regulations regarding the welfare of animals used in testing. More than  16,000 animals were affected. The government is promising to investigate.

MBR Acres in Cambridgeshire is a puppy farm, where beagles are bred to be tested on with toxic chemicals.

Campaigners say the practice is cruel, outdated and unnecessary. Proponents argue animal tests are essential for the advancement of science.

Outside MBR Acres is an encampment of protesters who have lived at the site for almost three years. John Curtin is one of them. He explains how they obtained footage inside the top security site - and how he's been arrested for flying a small drone over the site.

John tells us how he has seen hundreds of vans carrying dogs from site, which they have followed across the UK to their final destinations - science laboratories.  He shares stories of animal rights group Animal Rising who have broken into the site and freed a number of dogs.

I invited the following parties to participate in the podcast or provide a comment. They did not.

MBR Acres
Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Andrew Griffith
Professor David Main, Chair of the Animals in Science Committee
MP for Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly
MP for North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara 


https://thecampbeagle.com/

https://www.animalrising.org/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-testing-debate-letter-to-andrew-griffith/animal-testing-debate-letter-to-andrew-griffith-accessible

https://www.criver.com/about-us/about-us-overview/animals-research?region=3696

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