![]() ![]() "Now that's changing, people are shocked to understand that right on their doorstep there's a site with 2,000 dogs in it, and dogs are leaving every day in the back of vans to go to contract testing labs around the country for toxicity research." Breeding animals for biomedical research "If you drive past there's a sign that says MBR Acres, and it gives nothing away as to what is actually happening behind the fence. "We've spoken to a lot of local people who have lived here, some of them for 20 years, and they didn't realise what was going on," said Mel. People came from as far as Kent, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire to support the campaign, however, local Huntingdon residents have also joined after they learned what was happening on their doorstep. ![]() The campaign against MBR is only going to get bigger." "It's totally unacceptable that this is still going on and it's got to come to an end. Millions of people have dogs in this country and they're no different from the dogs that are currently being sold by MBR to research labs. He said: "People in this country, this is supposed to be a nation of animal lovers. Mel Brown, 61, at the Camp Beagle protest (Image: Cambridge News) ![]() "Due to the exposure in The Mirror and the footage shown of dogs being crated and carried out in vans, and the fact this is actually factory farming of beagles, it has now caught the imagination of people across the country and they're coming along to support the campaign," explained Mel. However, things have ramped up recently after The Mirror published footage of animals at the facility. Protests have been going on at the location for around a year or so, happening on a regular basis, according to Mel Brown, 61, of Free the MBR Beagles. Read more: Teenage girl in 'stand-off' with train on Cambridgeshire railway line.Ī group called Free the MBR Beagles held a day of action today, July 9, attracting upwards of 100 people from across the country to campaign outside the MBR facility. The camp, which is to remain a permanent fixture and has facilities for people to remain on-site, has been set up to protest the breeding of beagle puppies for use as test subjects in laboratories. A group of protesters have launched a campaign against a global company, with a Cambridgeshire location, which breeds animals for use in biomedical research and laboratory testing.Ī camp, nicknamed Camp Beagle, has been set up outside of Marshall BioResources (MBR)'s MBR Acres site on the outskirts of Huntingdon. ![]()
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