3 Whistleblower Exposes
This year, we released three powerful exposés, showcasing the truth behind the suffering of beagles used in animal testing.
MBR Acres whistleblower expose: we made and published four short films with the footage and testimony of a woman who worked at the beagle breeding site in Huntingdon.
- Watch the YouTube Video by Clicking Here
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MBR USA Whistleblower Expose
We shared photographs and footage taken inside the breeding site in New York State, where MBR holds over 23,000 beagles at any given time. In collaboration with Peta USA and Rise for Animals
- Watch the YouTube Video by Clicking Here
Charles River Laboratories Whistleblower Expose
We published the full testimony of a woman left traumatised after working at the beagle unit as an animal technician assistant at Charles River Laboratories in Scotland.
- Read the Full Expose by Clicking Here
Parliamentary Debate
After gathering 100,000 signatures for our petition, we were granted a Parliamentary debate on 19th February 2024.
During the debate the government admitted that “more can be done” and announced five changes, including more investment in the development of non-animal alternatives, and publishing a plan to accelerate the development, validation and uptake of technologies and methods to reduce reliance on the use of animals in science.
Since then there has been a change of Government, but this debate has become a catalyst to get the ball of politics rolling towards ending animal testing. The current government manifesto includes the promise to “work towards the phasing out of animal testing.”
Every MP who attended the debate was supportive of our petition. Here you can read some quotations from the MPs interventions at the debate: Click Here
Gemma Collins and many other celebrities came to Parliament Square to promote the debate, including: Faye Winter, Roxy Shahidi, Jedward, Sherley Kemp, Wendy Turner, Gillian McKeith, Simon King to name but a few.
- Watch the YouTube Video by Clicking Here
IMPEX Depot Found
- Read the Impex expose by Clicking Here – Facebook Post
Throughout 2024 Impex has made 44 shipments, totaling 66 vans, to take beagle puppies from MBR Acres to UK laboratories. This represents a reduction of 16.5% in the number of vans used last year.
Outreaches & Public Talks in the UK & Overseas
Camp Beagle has travelled to animal rights conferences, fairs, festivals, open days at sanctuaries, Lush stores across the UK to reach out to the public with our information stall and we have given public talks about our campaign, including at Vegan Party Conference, Vegan Camp Out, Vegan Animal Rights Conference.
Camp Beagle has taken part in three International events: the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxemburg, the Bite Back Gathering in Holland, and Close Down Vivotecnia event in Spain.
- Watch the Vegan Camp Out Event – Facebook
- Watch the Vegan Camp Out Event – Instagram
- Watch the Vegan Party Conference – Facebook
New Camp Beagle Patron
Isabelle, a 9 year old Camp Beagle supporter, who shone so bright that we made her our patron. She is a prolific letter writer and a strong political lobbyist.
She is dedicated to raising public awareness for the MBR beagles and to educate the new generation on the cruelty of animal testing and the new technologies readily available to bring science to the 21st century.
Amazing Fundraisers
Many of our supporters have organised fundraisers in their local area, their schools, their businesses and much needed funds were collected for our campaign to save the MBR beagles. Here are some examples of the many fundraisers for camp:
Abseil at Cheddar Gores: Lois, Georgie, Erica, Liv, and Beth.
- Watch the Fundraiser by Clicking Here
Walk around Circle Line: Jo and Michaela
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Ink House Tattoo: Emma and Jamie
- Watch the Fundraiser by Clicking Here
Camp Upgrades
Winners of the Best Campaign at Vegfest Awards
We are proud to have received this award chosen by the public vote, and it has given us a boost of confidence to continue protesting at MBR and campaigning for the beagles’ freedom.
Social Media Stats
Raising awareness is a vital part of our job but that it is only a stepping stone ….from the awareness comes the action.
We have daily updates, publish films about the beagles using footage from the drone, make posts with news about our campaign regularly and do live streams about current issues: This year we are reaching further than ever, have a look at our stats and some of our most viewed posts.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2024.
Together we’re one step closer to ending the cruelty of animal testing and giving the beagles the freedom they deserve.
The Camp Beagle Team