minimal rebellion activists have filmed themselves breaking into an animal testing center to free more than a dozen beagles.
The group, aligned with eco-warriors Rebellion of Extinctioncan be seen using a saw to cut through a security gate at the MBR facility in Wyton, Cambridgeshire at 5am on Tuesday.
A demonstrator can be seen pulling himself up over a high fence before doing a daring front somersault and landing in the cage full of beagles.
Puppies jump when they see the activists break in
/ Twitter/Animal RevoltHe picks up the excited puppies and gives them to his colleagues one by one.
The activists turned themselves in to police after smuggling 16 of the puppies out claiming that the animals will “now spend their first Christmas with loving new families”.
Two beagles, named Love and Libby, have been seized by police and are currently being held in the back of a police car, the group said.
MBR Acres, owned by US-based company Marshall BioResources, has previously been targeted by campaigners, with Ricky Gervais and singer Will Young calling for its closure.
Activists in the facility
/ Action Network / Animal RevoltA petition to close the site has garnered nearly 25,000 signatures.
A protest camp known as Camp Beagle has appeared outside the beagle breeding facility in Wyton, Huntingdon since last July.
In November last year singer Will Young handcuffed himself to the gate of the facility.
MBR, or Marshall BioResources, breeds between 1,600 and 2,000 beagles a year, after which the dogs are taken to animal testing laboratories in the UK at around 16 weeks of age.
The company insists it operates to high animal welfare standards and is regularly inspected by the Ministry of Home Affairs, which has issued a license, to ensure that guidelines are met.
An inspection last June found no violations of codes or legislation.
Proponents of animal testing say the process has led to many life-changing discoveries, from vaccines to transplants, anesthetics and blood transfusions.
Cambridgeshire Police and Marshall BioResources have been approached for comment about the break-in.