OMD Mini-Documentary: Sara Visits Camp Beagle

2025-12-15

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⚠️ Some listeners/viewers may find parts of this episode distressing.In this Oh My Dog mini-documentary, Sara visits Camp Beagle, the protest camp outside MBR Acres, a facility that has been breeding beagle puppies for animal testing for over 50 years.Over the course of the visit, we meet camp resident Sole, hear the dogs inside the facility, and learn what happens to puppies bred for laboratory experiments - and why campaigners believe animal testing is both unethical and out...

⚠️ Some listeners/viewers may find parts of this episode distressing.

In this Oh My Dog mini-documentary, Sara visits Camp Beagle, the protest camp outside MBR Acres, a facility that has been breeding beagle puppies for animal testing for over 50 years.

Over the course of the visit, we meet camp resident Sole, hear the dogs inside the facility, and learn what happens to puppies bred for laboratory experiments - and why campaigners believe animal testing is both unethical and outdated.

This is a first-person report of what Sara saw, heard, and felt while at Camp Beagle.

I recommend watching this episode, either on Spotify or on YouTube: @ompod.

I’d really like to know how this made you feel, so please leave a comment or email the show: hello@omdpod.com

Thank you for watching/listening.

Still a way to go so please SIGN THE CAMP BEAGLE PETITION: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736578

Huge thanks to Sole, and to John, Emma and Timea for your time and passion. Photo credit: Timea Kovács @@timeakovacs.photos. Huge thanks also to Fay Gibbons for helping me capture the day on film https://boopologysocial.co.uk/.

00:00 Sara arrives at Camp Beagle

00:10 Meeting camp resident Sole

01:01 Outside MBR Acres – the beagle breeding facility

02:27 Hearing the dogs for the first time and what happens at MBR Acres

03:28 What we can all do to help

04:55 Human and canine biology differ - and emerging alternatives to animal testing

06:11 How animal testing delays medical progress

07:10 Puppies sent to laboratories at 16 weeks old

07:50 An emotional moment - pathological behaviours observed

08:54 Experimented on and then killed for further testing

10:00 The high failure rate of testing on dogs

11:14 Where Animal Rising broke in and liberated 20 dogs