posted 528 days ago Madeleine:

It was an honour to meet Brian today. He truly is a remarkable human being. I just hope the pressure we are putting on him to be "The voice" and "The only one who can make the change" isn't too great. We all need to maintain our own motivation to help as much as we can. It shouldn't all fall on his shoulders just because he has gained celebrity status. Yes, people will listen to him more than they will us (even if they pretend to disregard him as "just some rock star from the past" - that is just them feeling threatened by the vast amount knowledge he has). I hope if he ever has a time of despair (as I know many who care do), that he can count on us to push forward.

I hope I am making sense for once?!

posted 536 days ago Brettley:

By the may David Cameron campaigned for Amber Rudd to be elected over the anti fox hunting Labour mp, he also chose outspoken pro fox hunting ex MP Howard Flight to be made a Lord. There is a pattern forming here.

posted 536 days ago Brettley:

Here is the email reply from Amber Rudd MP for Hastings and Rye before the election to my question about why she wants tooverturn the ban on hunting. Underneath it is my reply to her:From Amber Rudd to me:

Dear Mr Williams

I am influenced by the following facts about hunting:

· Any Conservative Government would devote only the minimum time required to repeal the legislation, not the 700 hours that Labour took to produce an unworkable law.

 · The independent Burns Inquiry in 2000 failed to conclude that hunting was more cruel than other methods of wildlife management (The Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Hunting with Dogs in England and Wales, 2000).

· Jim Barrington, the former Executive Director of the League Against Cruel Sports, has said: ‘like a lot of people I was quite horrified by hunting and took the view that stopping it would improve animal welfare. But the Hunting Act has failed on every level, not least of all on animal welfare’. He has also said, ‘I think hunting is a positive and vitally important part of wildlife management, provided it is done within proper rules’ (Daily Mail, 18 February 2009).

· The Association of Chief Police Officers says that gathering evidence of illegal hunting is difficult, the ban is hard to enforce and chief constables have more pressing priorities (The Times, 15 May 2009).

· In February 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service said a High Court ruling on the definition of hunting made the Hunting Act ‘wholly unworkable’ (The Times, 5 February 2009). Though I am not a hunting person myself, I think the ban is misguided, not in the interests of animal welfare and unworkable. Yours sincerely,AmberAmber Rudd

My reply to Amber Rudd:

Dear Ms Rudd

Thank you for your spin and lies. May I reply to you:

On the first answer the reason why it took 700 hours was because Tories Michael Hesseltine and Douglas Hogg wasted parliamentary time trying to filibuster the bill out of time and out of Parliament

Not unworkable because many huntsmen have now been successfully prosecuted for breaking this law

Are you trying to tell me that hunting is not cruel?

Jim Barrington is an employee of the Countryside Alliance, something you have deliberately failed to make clear to me

The police have spent more money on policing the hunts than they ever would with hunting made illegal.

Misguided? Not in the interests of animal welfare? Are you sure? I think you are misguided and your email and my answer to you will be posted on the 52,000 member Save Me site forum. With Regards John

posted 537 days ago Graham Forsyth:

In 1974 otter hunting ended due to the otter being so few and then being given protected status. But now you hear that the hunters and fishermen want otter to be controlled as they damage artificial fish stock. Some people like to go fishing and catch a fish each time; it's called ‘canned fishing' heavily stock rivers, reservoirs and lakes; and of course the otter shows some interest in this situation.Hunters like to use any excuse possible to kill wildlife as an excuse for their sport. Sometimes they call it Wildlife Management.

posted 537 days ago Anni_Roc:

Judi - I agree, however I have generally found Essex Police to be quite supportive of the anti-hunt protesters and I have always found them to be as helpful as they can within the law. I'm sure not all of them are though.

posted 538 days ago Judi Hewitt:

Very hypocritical of Essex police to take a stance to stamp out hare coursing while allowing fox hunters to carry on killing.

posted 538 days ago Brettley:

I see that David Cameron is putting pro fox hunters into the House of Lords in preparation for any future vote to bring back fox hunting. Howard Flight has been made a Lord even though he was sacked by the Tories. Why did David Cameron make him a Lord? Because he was an outspoken supported of fox hunting.

posted 538 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg

Keep yourself alive! .... so you can fight for the innocent!

posted 538 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

His voice can give me goosebumps - think about it, being born with a talent like that - he was never really a trained singer, it just evolved. And I believe that he would never be the icon he became, if it wasn't for the band, QUEEN. Because of the three individuals Brian, Roger and John. It was a foursome that made fantastic music not ever heard before and never to be heard like that again. Progressive, creative and shocking- but at the same time - digestible. It was infact - magic! I dare say, they were better than the Beatles!

About Freddie, I can tell you, I've read a lot about AIDS and it is indeed a mysterious illness. What strikes me is the theory about that monkeys should be the cause of it. I don't believe that for a second! Here we go again, blaming the animals! If anyone is to blame - it's the human. I dont think it's a natural emerged disease. You know, isn't it strange we don't here much about it anymore? In our part of the world, it seems to be under control even hundreds or thousands of people is infected with HIV every year! THEN you just have to look at Africa, India etc. AIDS is totally out of control and in these countries both woman, men and children gets it - and despite the available medicine, it's out of reach for these people. WHY? - The answers is partly because of the way this illness is being transferred - sex is still a taboo subject and of course politics and money is a part if it as usual.

In our world you might think we have progressed in the way we think about homosexuel people. In a way we have - but here in Denmark we have had incidents with scums harassing homosexuals for walking hand in hand!? In year 2010? The worst of it is, that this country boast about us being openmined, sexually and also when it comes to the environment and sustainability....  another story, I know, but I can tell you, it's not true! My lord, I HATE that. I get so frustrated, I sometimes don't want to live in this country. But where can I go? Where can we go?

Sorry folks, all this for thinking about Freddie. All I can say is -  QUEEN has a lot to tell musically and historically - and - be careful out there. Use protection!

posted 539 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Nice!!!!

posted 539 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

If the link below didn't work, try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0ZmqQVp5A

posted 539 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Yeah, Freddie Mercury - today we ask WHY? I'm always late. When I was a teenager, I was a huge fan of The Beatles, it was in the early eighties... and now my hearts on Queen -I've fallen in love with their music and I can never hear them live in action, be a part of the show. It's almost an unbearable fact. I try to accept it - that I'm simply born too late.

Have a nice day all;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BioQZsP_pnE

posted 539 days ago Anni_Roc:

Steven Ault - love your post of 7 days ag. Spot on!

posted 539 days ago Chris_Jardine:

22 November 2010

Huntsman convicted for second time under the Hunting Act

A hunter from the Quantock Staghounds has become the first huntsman to be successfully convicted twice under the Hunting Act.

http://www.league.org.uk/news_detail.aspx?ID=934

posted 540 days ago StevenAult:

Has anyone seen the 'Conservatives Against Fox Hunting' website?  This is very encouraging. I sent them an e-mail informing them that I too was a member of the Conservative Society at Cardiff Uni, and that the party's stance on fox hunting harms the party and makes it less electable. These people should be applauded.

steve 

posted 540 days ago Chris_Jardine:

SAVE ME

Freddie Mercury 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991

Rest In Peace Freddie.

Thank you for your music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89Ugf6fdSc

posted 541 days ago christine satham:

I have just received a post from DEFRA, saying they want to try a mix of vaccination and culling. The foxes    ------------well the government want to repeal the act and it will be put forward and a decision made, has it giot anything to do with the people of our country-it seems we are just by-standers.

                                            really frustratedly

                                                 Annie.

posted 541 days ago mark williams:

This is an interesting site you will like. well as long as you're not a banker

http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/testtube

posted 542 days ago Country_Gran:

Thanks for reminding me Donna. Sometimes you only ever hear about the 'bad' guys. x

posted 542 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Yes, Donna and there must be more brave farmers like that. In thousands! That's why I don't understand why they don't speak out more? Are they afraid of something? If anything thunder should appear - it would be us, the people in here, out there - all applauding very loudly!

Hey Bri, could you leave a message on hear or SB in the near future? (But don't stress). X

posted 543 days ago Alison Cooper:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDUH5gDS4FI

Not animal related, but thought id bring a little bit of fun to the page. This school had its funding cut for a school rebuild but raised lots of money for Children In Need. In the name of Freddie and Queen.....its rather cool x Hope everyone is well xx

posted 544 days ago Alison Sesi:

I don't think we should ever lose faith in the democratic process, no matter how immoral some of our leaders may be. We should not give up; we should challenge and challenge again no matter how frustrating that may be- the problem is that we're constantly paying the price for the failures of history. Our ultimate weapon is the ballot box, yet many politicians continue to ignore that lesson at their peril. 

Furthermore, I was appalled to learn today that some of my taxes are being paid to support bullfighting in Spain. I think we should look long and hard at the way the EU is tacking animal welfare issues. It appears that the use of PR in voting for our Euro MPs (which may be considered a fairer voting system) doesn't empower us any more than the 'first past the post' system does, as the EU is acting most undemocratically in this regard.

posted 544 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Well said Betina. I think we should try and find some of these farmers you talk about and see what they have to say. They DO exist, they must do. There are farmers that don't like or allow hunts on their land, so there must but lots of farmers that know and believe that killing badgers is just 'Wrong'.

As for the Farmer's Mafia! Yes we have that in England, they are called the Countryside Alliance!

posted 544 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

What about the farmers and landowners? I mean they are not politicians, not scientists - just people, humans;) Some have been told the wrong things all their lives, some have been ajusting their methods according to existing laws and regulations. Not all are conservative in the way they're thinking, not all likes to kill animals and not all is used to kill anything that breathes.

I wonder why we don't here from them? Not a sound. I don't want to assume a conspiracy, but according to Food inc. there's some sort of a mafia in the USA within the business of the agriculture. Perhaps it's the same story erverywhere? Of course it's a big accusation and who is to say what that really means. I must admit though, that it's strange no-one is standing out and telling us how it is being in the middle of it all. Getting a licens to kill the badgers? How do they feel about that? Are their opinion blacklisted? Are they gagged? Are there any independent farmers out there?

What if they choose -NOT to do it?

There's always differens angles to a situation, and what we have up till now is the pros and the cons, I'd like to here from those in between. But perhaps it's just me, ignorent me, having paying attention to the words from the cool farmers. The farmers that is on OUR side! I can't believe they're all evil persons. Farmers in general, are not the ones living luxury lives - making the big money, beeing influentials and having the power.

All cool farmers on our side, please leave a message -Your point of view is urgent!

(BTW- Totally agree, Steven Ault - and I'm nor even a brit! - but it's more a less the same story from my country, who has the most embarrassing political composition ever!)

posted 544 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Control landowners, not badgers – that's the real answer to bovine TB

Culling badgers risks spreading TB, government research concludes. But the NFU wants blood

http://www.guardian.co.uk

Monday 15 November 2010 21.00 GMT

George Monbiot

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/15/control-landowners-badgers-bovine-tb

posted 547 days ago StevenAult:

This tory government seems intent on preserving all the worst aspects of society. Greed, selfishness, and cruelty. I'm aghast at their attitude. The problem with conservatives is they come from a very narrow section of society and the party lacks the neccesary diversity to properly represent their constituents. I don't believe they have the mandate to do what they're doing. They seem to think they won the election by a landslide. The Lib Dems gave them the opportunity to govern but have been crushed by the arrogant tory juggernaught. They only protect their own kind and put money before everything. I wrote to my MP Greg Knight asking him why he voted strongly against banning fox hunting with dogs and he replied that fox hunting is good for environmental management. So that's why they do it! The fact is, the type of people who hunt have run this country for centuries and can't stand being told what they can or can't do by the ignorant massess. It's about power and nothing else. They're above the law and don't respect democracy. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Brian May for dedicating his life to these important causes. People slate 'celebs' for getting involved in 'issues' but they can achieve more than politicians. They have access to the massess in a way that politicians don't. Politicians don't like ruffling their constituents feathers and often pander to the most ignorant and unevolved members of society because they shout the loudest, or have money. This invariably stifles progress, Something which the Conservatives are past masters. 

Steven Ault

Bridlington

posted 548 days ago artemiswilde:

Thank you, Dr May and Save-Me, for doing this important work. I have signed the petition and also sent the email to DEFRA regarding badger culling, highlighting especially previous scientific evidence i.e. that culling is cruel and ineffective, and can in fact make matters worse in terms of cattle TB (see: 1. Donnelly et al. Impact of localized badger culling on tuberculosis incidence in British cattle. Nature 2003; 426: 834-837; and 2. Woodruffe et al. Effects of culling on badger Meles meles spatial organization: implications for the control of bovine tuberculosis. Journal of Applied Ecology 2006; 43(1):1-10. - the latter authors state "Badger culling appears to have failed to control cattle TB. Culling strategies ... appear either ineffective or counter-productive"). Will watch with interest and hope to support your work in any way I can. Thanks again. Regards, Frances

posted 548 days ago Jasmine:

I have seen it, Mark. To be honest with you, I feel compassion for the people in that video. All of those children are being taught that though their pretty horses and loyal hounds are worthy of affection, wildlife is okay to torture. All of those hunters were children who were taught the same lessons, and on goes the tradition. The time will come when these kids will have to make a very serious decision, whether to believe that foxes are worthy of a life free of torture, or whether to carry on the tradition of those they trusted as kids. So, here's to making the right decision, and I hope they are the last generation ever to be exposed to blood sport.

posted 548 days ago Chris Whiteway:

@Graham Forsyth:  Abbotsbury Swannery?? That really peaceful place on the south coast??  

Hounds running through the reed beds and disturbing wildlife habitat, no doubt part of their 'expert' management of the countryside.

Why must they pollute such a beautiful place (or any place) with their vile and offensive presence?

posted 548 days ago mark williams:

Jasmine, Did you also watch the video? from the look of it, all that was missing from this video was the burning of a virgin inside a wicker man. Perhaps they could do this for next season. It would give the proceedings a much more rustic and barbaric feel.

posted 548 days ago Jasmine:

Now, for some reason my browser doesn't like making these links go live, but this one is worth posting. Disgusting bit of work from just a few hours ago:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/11/15/scents-and-sensibilities.html?sid=101

A romanticized perspective of fox hunting, this story aims (poorly) to show a side of fox hunting that is cruelty-free. Oh, they just chase the foxes, then leave them alive so that the hounds can chase them again next week. Well that's alright then, isn't it? What they don't seem to get, is that the chase is just as cruel as the death. Evidence shows that many are chased for up to a half an hour, and sustain frightening injuries from broken paws or ribs to organ failure before the hounds even catch up to them to tear them to pieces. Also, they seem to think it's alright to hunt in a small patch of forest near football pitches and strip malls. There's an idea, lets chase them further into the city. Are these people serious?

posted 548 days ago Graham Forsyth:

Out monitoring on Saturday, meet location was Abbotsbury Swannery, Dorset. Video shows huntsman with hounds in the reed beds, this must have been the Messiah Trial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9HeMpNnZv0

Graham.

posted 548 days ago mark williams:

Alison: You Have to have one to sell one.

Next time we have a general election we should save some money and our time with the campaigning. After all its only sound bites that we hear. Also the laws that we already have are ignored by those with vested interest. The only thing keeping them in check is the plausibility in what they think that they can say and get away with. A much fairer and democratic system of voting at the polling station for the next election, would be to issue everyone with a blind fold and a tail. Then the winner could be decided by the number of correctly placed tails on the respected Ass, could be a hole lot of fun.

posted 548 days ago Alison Sesi:

Have the LibDems sold their souls to this Coalition?

posted 548 days ago Raindance:

The article in the Indie on Saturday is just horrendous.  I could hardly believe my ears when I heard about it on the Today programme on Radio 4 in the morning, and trotted off to buy a copy of the paper (don't usually read the Independent).  I felt extremely sad when I read the article, but all such knowledge is useful and it's worthwhile to know what we are up against. 

posted 548 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Senators introduce law to ban 'crush' videos of animal cruelty

By Bill Mears, CNN September 28, 2010 -- Updated 0733 GMT (1533 HKT)

Washington (CNN) -- Three U.S. senators introduced legislation Monday to specifically ban so-called "crush videos" -- depictions of small animals being tortured to death by humans.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/27/animal.cruelty.videos/index.html

posted 549 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Can you post a  link to the actual petition!

posted 549 days ago christine satham:

Annie Statton

I started a petition on the care2 petition site,so far there have been 149 signings and they have been sent to Downing street. Please go to this site and sign my petition-------thank you.

posted 549 days ago Country_Gran:

Jen: Got it - thanks!

posted 549 days ago Country_Gran:

As we remember the bravery of those who fell in battle, there are also other heroes who do not always get remembered. Animals have played a part in many wars and given - or had them taken - their lives for the lives of people.

posted 549 days ago Jen:

Hi Wende

Yes it's horrific what's happening under this government.

Article on Save-Me News:
http://www.save-me.org.uk/news/other/article/the_great_animal_rights_betrayal

posted 549 days ago Country_Gran:

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HIS HAS NOT BEEN POSTED HERE.  IT'S YESTERDAY'S NEWS but I was working all day and, anyway, I really believed that someone else would post it.

The great animal rights betrayal - Nature, Environment - The Independent www.independent.co.uk

posted 551 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Awful story Chris. You should put an article about it in the local papers if it's possible, saying both pets and children could die if they find and ingest it. Most peole don't care about wild animals, they think they are vermin and therefor it's perfectly ok with laying out poisen. However if the people are told that their pets and children is in danger too, they will think about it twice before they put it out, or at least some will.

When I was a child, someone's dog nearby, acidentally ate rat poisen. It was really awful, the dogs stomach swelled enormously and it had lots of pain, you could see it in its eyes. Unfortunately they thought it could be saved but instead it died slowly.

I understand your frustration and rage. The consequences of their act ought to be put out on youtube - people that do this, don't see it. They put out poisen, then closes the door and eyes.

posted 551 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Hi folks. As many of you already know I work as a volunteer at a wildlife hospital, Wildlife Aid in Surrey. I'm really quite upset and extremely (fumeing kicking and screaming!!! Grrrr!!!!) anoyed, because in the last week we have had 3 cases of fox poisoning. We have had quite a few others but 3 in a week is exceptional.

Last week we had a fox that was poisoned and when I last saw him then he couldn't even lift his head up, I was sure that he would die very shortly as when I lifted it's head he didn't flinch and was unable to react. This week when I started my shift my first job was to remove a fox that had died in the night. That was a poisoning. Then I went to clean out another fox pen and when I looked in he was sprawled out on the floor. I went in and checked him, but he was dead. He'd died some time previously in the night as he was already fairly stiff with rigor mortis. His feces was sticky and black, indicating that it had blood in it, and it was probably Warfarin (rat poison) poisoning which causes hemorrhaging. Anyway, I also removed his body to a freezer.

Something has to be done about this. Anyone can buy rat poison from a gardening centre, and with all these fox scaremongering stories in the Murdoch Press fox poisonings have gone up enormously. My own belief is that you shouldn't be allowed to buy rat poson, unless you work for vermin controll and that only safe slug pellets should be allowed. So I'm going to make a stand over it and start raising hell and kick some arse! (as one does!!!!) So I will be calling for your help soon.

Well, I will finish (almost) on a very, happy note. Very happy!!! The fox that I looked after last week that couldn't raise his head made a full and complete recovery. He's a beautiful dog fox with a thick lovely coat. Last night I released him myself, not that far from where I live. When I tried to catch him to put him in the box he sank his teeth into me and it was like having my hand crunched in a vice!!! I had welding gloves on, so he didn't draw blood! So he was fighting fit!!! I forgive him!!! When I opened the cage door he tentatively stepped out, and when he realized he was free, he just strolled off into the dark night, as I watched him in the light of my torch! I felt so happy for him and it just about brought tears to my eyes. (OK it did!!) I wished him all the best in his 'new' home in the wild. He was one of the lucky ones! To think a week before he was on Valium!!!! But, 3 poisonings in a week at one wildlife hospital, it just shouldn't be happening, it has to be stopped.

Did I say 3, sorry it was actually 4 poisonings, as when I was about to leave today a fox had been brought in with, guess what, suspected poisoning!

posted 551 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Hey, just been reading the news on here, UK - A Breakthrough over sale of cattle from TB-infected farms????? So now they are selling cattle who might carry a disease? Obvious people are desperate. If, let's say, a cow is infected it could spread even further, right? Both on a new farm and more new badgers! I have a bad feeling about this.

posted 556 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Yeah, Donna, how sad. I guess it's all about this:

Here comes the Black Queen, poking in the pile

Fie-fo the black Queen, marching single file

Take this, take that, bring them down to size

March to the Black Queen

Sorry Bri, but like I said, I have no words of my own for all these kinds of suffering in the world.

posted 556 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Hi Save-me friends.

The world is mad. You think you've heard it all and then this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327052/Kamikaze-canines-The-sick-Iraqi-terrorist-plot-bomb-U-S-plane-exploding-DOG.html

I have no words for it....

posted 556 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade National Anti-fur march

13 November · 12:00 - 17:00

Meet at 12 noon, Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PQ

The week begins with the annual Anti-Fur March and Rally in London on Saturday November 13th and will be around the streets of Knightsbridge which is home to many of the top n...ames in fashion who are also notorious for supporting the bloody fur trade.

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1451449250979#!/event.php?eid=150922061596583

posted 559 days ago paul:

Sorry to repost so soon, but how is it you can get the proper postcards? I can't print them cause I haven't got card and it'd look rubbish on paper.

posted 559 days ago paul:

Hi, the postcards are great, although I think they should be updated to include information on the repel of the Hunt Ban through the introduction of the 'protection of wild mammals bill' which the Countyside Alliance are trying to get in. Wavering MPs might be convinced to vote for the bill under false pretenses (even those currently opposed to hunting). Any chance we can get the postcard updated then?

Paul

posted 560 days ago mark williams:

Yes, we kill off all the predators of game birds and small farm animals. Then we have an increase of rabbits and rats. Then we introduce diseases to kill the rabbits. We seem to have an environmental policy that reads like. Their was an old woman that swallowed a fly. we are looking at everything in isolation. What also seems wrong, we have farms set up to bread rabbits for food. But yet we kill off all our native rabbits. read the web link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxomatosis

posted 560 days ago Sally-Ann Kingham:

I have put a description of a couple of the tricks my ex-battery hens got up to which may be of interest. I have put it under Intelligence in the members threads.

posted 560 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Mark, I was lucky to have seen red kites in Wales not long after their reintroduction into the UK. They are beautiful birds and skillfull aerobatic fliers! Sadly though as the numbers increase as they are, they will come into confrontation with farmers as they will be blamed for taking young lambs, even though kites are keeping the rabbit population down! The trouble is farmers just want an excuce for their own shortcomings. 

posted 561 days ago mark williams:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kite

Lets build up the number of our wild birds and predatory animals. This way we would not have a rat or rabbit problem. Lets stop land owners and people with guns from killing our biodiversity in the first instance. Nature finds its own balance, we can only upset it.  

posted 561 days ago mark williams:

It would be nice if we could ban all guns from our streets and out of the field.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10220974

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

donna shall we have a party, us 3 amigos together again hehe

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

reload lol

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

chris what do you mean relaod the page?

posted 561 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Alison, just post it and reload the page  once and wait! Then it goes live!

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

I think Brian has me on a asbo because he doesnt trust me pmsl x

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

Admins feel free to remove my posts, as im spamming the wall trying to work out how to do it,,i know im a pest lol

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

nope doesnt work.......i am doing it though. mmmm your gonna have to post for me now in the future forever lol

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/24h_to_save_sakineh/?r=act

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

sorry team im trying to work out how to make my links live !

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/24h_to_save_sakineh/?r=act

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

cant do it Donna ?

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/24h_to_save_sakineh/?r=act 

posted 561 days ago Alison Cooper:

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/24h_to_save_sakineh/?r=act

Brian I know this is off topic, but could you put this petition on save me facebook. They want to hang this woman in the morning and we need all nations to stop it. She was supposed to be getting stoned but now they want to hang her. Her son is also in jail and 2 german reporters have been arrested with her solicitor. They are all now in prison. I wouldnt ask but it needs highlighting . Please x

posted 561 days ago Country_Gran:

HEE HEE! Donna, I knew what you meant. xx  But I also would like an edit option!

posted 561 days ago Country_Gran:

UK citizens might like to check to see if their MP has signed EDM 116

http://www.edms.org.uk/edms/2010-2011/116.htm

posted 562 days ago Country_Gran:

Please Brian can you publicise this?  It's not much good saving our wildlife is they are losing their homes, hunting and foraging places.

Ministers plan huge sell off of Britain's forests - Telegraph

posted 562 days ago Alison Cooper:

go on Brian....put your toe in the water again.

Donna i love that and copied it to my status x

posted 562 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Oh, Donna, thanks. I didn't know that at all. It's embarrassing, I didn't even had a look around to see if I could find a party like that. I just assumed the United Kingdom didn't had one. Sorry UK people, my mistake.

Anyway, I suggest you vote for them next time a chance for that arise. I read this on the dutch page:

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win". Gandhi

posted 562 days ago mark williams:

Jenny Smedley, Hello, In reference to your last post is there anyway that you can send an image and explanation of the image of this poor animal’s death to a media outlet. I for one do not want to see it but I do think it would help to make his untimely death one of the last. Rest his poor soul.

posted 562 days ago Anni_Roc:

I think the facebook group still has a valuable place. Many people like to have a "one-stop-shop" as it were and have all their info in one place which I think Facebook delivers in the broarder sense. Although I and many others here utilise numerous sites to gain our information, others won't go looking for it and need it brought to them which I think is the beauty of facebook. Some may have forgotten about the cause without constant updates. There have also been several splinter groups set up as a result of your original FB group - the most prominent being "End all animal cruelty now" (formally "Friends of Save Me") which mainly consists of people who met through the original group. I definitely think there is scope to utilise the FB group further and it does has higher usability and funcionality for the masses. Everything you do for this cause is amazing. Thank you Brian!

posted 562 days ago Jenny Smedley:

I saw the photos of the actual stag just after it was killed, today. So much for all the farmers who claimed it was a hoax! We have to protect our wildlife!

posted 563 days ago Betina Løvbeck Jensen:

Hi Bri and all other beautiful people. I can't tell you what a happy feeling I got from reading the article about Israel. It's FANTASTIC, I will forward the link to important places in Danmark as soon as possible. Perhaps this little positive virus will transmit other governments around the world.

It all remind me of the Holland party; Party for the Animals. I wish we had a party like that in DK and that you had it too over there. Perhaps the time has come for you, in the UK for establishing a new party like that. How do we do that, you might ask? but take a look at this page:

http://www.partyfortheanimals.info/content/view/424 

Think about.

"All prime ministers and majesty around the world -Open your eyes, look, touch and feel - Rule with your heart - Live with your conscience"

posted 563 days ago mark williams:

Hi All, Sorry have to be quick as I’m on my partner’s computer and I suppose to be on holiday and Archie needs to be walked; besides I’m use to keys that work without stamping on them. Just a thought but do you think it would be a good idea to start a campaign for help, one that was outward looking rather than inward. What do you all think about writing to leaders of other nation states, or their embassy staff here perhaps? See if they would pass on concerns to our government and the dispassionate attitude to our wildlife. After all our Government is very quick to bring to light abuse of animals else ware when it suits. Besides from brains article it would seem its one area we haven’t stolen the world lead. I think the street need to be told of our Family shame, Perhaps an ASBO is in order.

posted 563 days ago Jasmine:

Balance is what it's all about, and I think Save Me is finding that balance. I agree, it would be a bad move to open FB up completely, but at the same time, as you said earlier, Brian, it's like preaching to the converted here. This forum is great for organising events and sharing news and research, but to grow in numbers I think social networking is a necessary evil these days. Baby steps! Keep it up guys :)

posted 563 days ago Alison Cooper:

I should of said, your welcome to join if you ever want to send posts to advertise on your behalf !

posted 563 days ago Alison Cooper:

I think you doing the right thing by testing you toe in the water, it is still very choppy at times out there and i think before you committed fully it would be a good idea to have admins on stand by to delete any unwanted posts that may cause mayhem. Some hunters can debate but most cant as they only have one aim and that is to cause trouble and bring unwanted comments to report to the press. Iv got a little private group going on facebook with trusted antis only...138 of us infact, maybe you could join this if you email me a made up name so i can add you. We report to the group for posts to share real facts. Im glad you posted tonight though all the same as people do care they just dont get anything other than facebook x

posted 563 days ago Chris_Jardine:

That's amazing Brian, imagine if that applied to the UK!!! BUT, unfortunately we have 'David Cameron'!