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WE ARE UP !

We're very happy to announce that the new SAVE-ME Forum is open for business !

OK !!! Here it is. The new SAVE-ME FORUM.  We hope it pleases !  I'm sure there will be teething troubles - and it will take a little time for the moderation process to get up to speed. But I hope you will all enjoy this more 'grown-up' and moderate way of communicating feedback through SAVE-ME. This is not a Facebook page ...  it will not fulfill the function of the kind of chatter that characterises those pages (not least, ours !).  For now, the old SAVE-ME Facebook page will still be functional at a low level, but we will not be posting new notes there, as a rule, from now on ... except with the intention of channelling visitors to this new Forum. Instead we'll post NOTES here.  The idea, to begin with at least, will be that the 3 most recent NOTES will be open for comments, until they drop down the list into 4th place, when they will become part of the NOTES archive, and the comments will be frozen.  All comments will be moderated PRIOR TO APPEARANCE on the site.  We realise that this will slow things down considerably, but we beg your patience, whlle we organise round-the clock moderation.  Remember the Houynyunyms !

Thank you all so much for your continued patience. Our aims remain the same ... to be a voice for animals, with a principal focus on the wild animals of the UK.  We will continue, with your help, to campaign against a return to needless cruelty in the countryside, and a better deal for our fellow creatures on this planet.  

Well, comments welcome !! 

Cheers all !

Brian

 

Thank You

 

 

Dear Save-Me Members,

We are currently changing the format of the social media side of Save-Me and are therefore closing the forum down for the time being.

Thank you to all those contributors who have taken the time to support Save-Me and share their thoughts and opinions with other members. We will be doing regular updates on the Facebook  page so  please come and add your comments and continue to support Save Me .

If you have any comments or further queries please contact us at anne@save-me.org.uk

Many thanks again for your support

The Save-Me Team

A new outbreak of Bovine TB - in Scotland

Save-Me sends condolences to the farmers so badly affected by the new outbreak of bovine TB in Scotland.

Scotland has, until now, been substantially free of the disease, so this is a shock in more ways than one.  This article in the Farmers Guardian gives more details.  

Sixty cattle slaughtered after bovine TB outbreak in Scotland
Farmers Guardian
SIXTY cattle from a fully closed dairy herd have been compulsory slaughtered following one of the worst outbreaks of bovine TB in Scotland for several years ...

It is very significant that in this case it's impossible to argue that badgers or other wild animals can be to blame for the outbreak, and from the point of view of those arguing, as we are, that the proposed British badger cull is tragically misguided, this provides concrete evidence that TB is still being spread in ways other than the much vaunted 'Wildlife Reservoir of Infection".  And that even if every badger in these islands were to be killed, cows would still be getting sick.  

This sentence at the end of the Farmers Guardian report says it all.  

 “The absence of repeated reinfections within single herds, or clusters of disease caused by the same strain of TB, are indicators that a wildlife reservoir is not driving infection.”

Mr David Cameron, Mr Peter Kendall, Ms Caroline Spelman, and Mr Jim Paice, please take note, and ask yourselves if you can still sleep peacefully in your beds.  Your 'pilot' cull of badgers must be shelved.  

Brian 

THE GRAND NATIONAL

Traditionally known as the 'Sport of Kings' the Grand National is now clearly an embarrassment to a nation that prides itself on fair treatment of animals.

This is another example of 'tradition' being used to justify behaviour which is no longer acceptable.  In this gruelling four and a half mile course, over the last 12 years, 20 horses have died on the day, and many more in the first week after the race.  

One might imagine that after the worldwide success of the play and film "War Horse", that it would now be apparent to everyone that these wonderful creatures have feelings and are worthy of respect.  But in this 'sport', horses are treated as a commodity.

Around 18,000 are bred into the ever-decreasing gene pool of the racing industry each year and evidence shows around 5000 are raced to death.  Just over 7000 make the grade; the rest are destroyed or cast aside, many ending up in degrading horse markets, on their way to being used as food.  During the actual races, the horses who have survived the system are openly beaten for human pleasure.  As soon as they stop being money-earners, they are discarded - many destroyed on the spot.  

Surely in 2012 this kind of treatment is utterly unacceptable.  The industry has become a cruel factory farm for human financial profit.  

It is time for Britain to stand up, set an example of decency to the world - and consign this barbaric sport to history.   

Brian May CBE. 

 

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posted 673 days ago glenn parry:

had a disscussion with david milliband yesterday raised the hunting with hounds debate he assures me that he has signed an early day motion in the house of commons asking for the ban to stay.

posted 673 days ago mike gresty:

here is a poem i wrote on my facebook page "just a few poems written by me" i hop you enjoy x early every morning the hunters rise and feed without a use or hunger they ride a captive steed a whip is just a weapon with a shotgun by there side they leave to hunt there bounty while they search the countryside the fox lies in the shadows as he tries to feed his kin the trusted path of nature a world we all live in and there upon his doorstep a selfish group of men a lust for blood and killing all ganged up they kill again with dogs and all there weapons feeling pride for what they do this petty bunch of b******s aren't the same as me or you the government would back this as hunting is there game without feeelings for the killing or the lives they take in vain i'd lead them to the country stand em up against a wall let the foxes do the hunting with the biggest gun of all lets fight these petty people as our wildlife makes its plea for its us to who'm there calling join the group we call "save me"

posted 673 days ago Ailsing Mackle:

Congrats on getting this off the ground Brian, and thanks for all the time you put into it. The forum's a much better idea, will keep us all focused on thinking about what really matters, our wonderful wildlife.

posted 673 days ago Chris_Jardine:

Brian, is there any way that we can start or suggest new Topics for this Forum! It's started to work well! Also, I don't know if it is possible, is it possible to comment on individual posts, so the comment appears under the post? Also, can we have a 'Suggestions' Topic where we can send you ideas and thoughts to help the campaign or improve the website? Chris

posted 673 days ago Tony Stark:

Great to see the new forum up and running. Looking forward to see how it works out.

posted 673 days ago emma chase:

great news that in less than a week of the new forum the welsh badgers have been saved. Thank you Brian and everyone behind the scenes you are making a huge difference and it's great to know that one day i will be able to show my grandkids real badgers and not photos.

posted 673 days ago Denise Day:

Very happy to be here with you all

posted 674 days ago linda brown:

sorry for being impatient but was very excited will know next time

posted 674 days ago linda brown:

wanted to be first to tell you that badger cull in south west wales has been HALTED but my messages are getting posted help!!!!

posted 674 days ago linda brown:

where are my comments badger cull halted in south west wales

posted 674 days ago linda brown:

have just heard on the news that the cull of badgers in south west wales has been HALTED by the court WONDERFUL

posted 674 days ago emma chase:

hiya, Thank you all for the forum i'm sure i'm going to love it here. Now lets save our wildlife :) xx

posted 674 days ago Chris Whiteway:

It's so good to read through the comments so far and see so many different names already using the forum. BRILLIANT not to have to see the hateful messages from the pro-hunters. Now we can concentrate on achieving our goals and supporting each other without the trolls distracting us. Good decision Dr Bri!

posted 674 days ago JillinLA:

Love this site Bri!! Jen and any others involved have done an outstanding job!! Kudos to them!!

posted 674 days ago suzi:

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posted 674 days ago Barry Tucker:

Hi Brian. Congrats on the fab new website and forum. Instead of all these machinations in Parliament about whether or not to have a vote on repealing the Hunting Act (especially at a time when the country is supposed to be facing such economic problems) why don't we simply resolve the matter once and for all. Let's have a referendum on hunting. I think we all know what the result would be! This is an issue where the balance of views in Parliament (possibly in favour of repeal) simply don't reflect the views of the people (substantially opposed to repeal).

posted 674 days ago Sam Maskell:

I'm really glad that you managed to get this site up. Thanks for all that you do - I love animals and am really happy that you are making a difference. Cheers! ~ Sam

posted 674 days ago Sheena Hester:

Brilliant to have you back Brian. And good to see some familiar names here too! x

posted 674 days ago Al:

Where are my comments going????

posted 674 days ago Al:

Still not working!

posted 674 days ago Al:

Not working!!!!!!!

posted 674 days ago Roxanne Sutton:

Hi all:-))

posted 674 days ago Roxanne Sutton:

Hi All:-))) nice to see some familiar names,and some new. xx

posted 674 days ago Tracie Emerson:

Hope this works?........Glad to see SaveMe up and running!! x

posted 674 days ago patricia davie:

I think I posted in the wrong page, so lets see if this works. Hiya everyone, nice to be back xxx

posted 674 days ago Alison Sesi:

As I'm not on facebook I previously felt totally excluded from any discussions. I hope this project now goes from strength to strength because I personally have the feeling that this format is the one that would have been most favourable from the beginning - but I suppose the facebook site fulfilled a certain purpose, ie as a start-up. I'm just glad that 'Save Me' has moved on from that now.

posted 674 days ago Anita Smith:

Well done Brian for getting this up & running so quickly. Good luck with your campaign which i totally support

posted 674 days ago Anita Smith:

well done Brian - you've done well to get this up & running.

posted 674 days ago Gill Lewis:

Well done Brian et al for getting this up and running. I'll be popping in here every now and again to see what's going on and what I can do to help. I have a very pleasant fox family living in or near the end of my garden, so will say hello and thank you to everybody from them.

posted 674 days ago Dana Kubick:

Well done everyone for this and many thanks Brian for your tireless work for animal welfare. You DO make a difference!

posted 674 days ago felixthebadger:

Congratulations, more power to your elbow Brian!

posted 674 days ago Doreen Taylor:

Excellent- glad to be here! Thank you so much for doing this Brian! It means the world to us!

posted 674 days ago karen davey:

Hoooooray!!!!!! You are amazing Brian! You have made this world a better place! X X X

posted 674 days ago Wayne:

Welcome back, Save Me!!! :)

posted 674 days ago mikey:

Brilliant - we have OUR OWN forum ! Great idea, Brian !!!

posted 674 days ago Eirlys:

Conservative MP Simon Hart is the Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance . Here is his Website complete with contact details in case anyone wants to E-mail him. http://www.simon-hart.com/

posted 674 days ago Sue Taft:

Nice to be back!

posted 675 days ago CAMERON RAINE THOMPSON:

Love This Site

posted 676 days ago Amanda:

Nice to have better control of posts and content. Hopefully can be one of the information nodes for news and events too. :-) XX

posted 676 days ago Chris Whiteway:

Hi Everyone! xx

posted 676 days ago StarChilde:

Great to see you up and running!

posted 676 days ago Jenny Green:

It looks great, Brian. x

posted 676 days ago Patch Guipago:

[ apologies if I double posted, not sure if first message went through or not ]

posted 676 days ago Patch Guipago:

Hi, good to be here with like minded people standing side by side to fight for our wildlife x

posted 676 days ago Patch Guipago:

Hi, so happy to be here among like minded people, looking forward to standing alongside you all in the fight to save our wildlife x

posted 676 days ago Suzanne Roberts:

Brian, this is great! I hope it works better than FB for the community. Happy that you were able to find a better alternative that can be moderated- I seldom read all of the comments on FB, especially when they started getting out of hand with 'trolls'.

posted 676 days ago Maria E Prior:

Hello 'Save Me'. Am glad you are back. Hello Brian! One question to start. I cannot see any more, when logging onto the page, the numbers of supporters 'Save Me' has, as I looked forward to seeing the numbers rising. When I last saw them, it was nearly 50.000! What is the number now? XXXX

posted 677 days ago Sue Taft:

So pleased Save Me is back and that we won't have our discussions ruined by the juvenile trolls. The fight really is on to keep hunting banned but it's a fight we will win. The public are behind us.

posted 677 days ago Madie Baddeley:

Brilliant! I think this is very good, particularly for those who don't have/want Facebook to keep up to date with other people's opinions and in doing so get a better knowledge of what's going on with this topic. Well done and thank you Brian!!

posted 677 days ago Siobhan Friel:

I much prefer this to facebook, yes it will be slow, but it's worth it, on facebook it's too easy to one, spam, and two, lose your temper at spammers, none of which helps Save Me much! Thank you, Brian, for finding an alternative and not giving up. =)

posted 677 days ago Pete Glastonbury:

well done to all those who have worked hard to get this up and running for Brian and the cause!

posted 677 days ago f:

Much better than facebook..! Nice one Save Me..

posted 677 days ago tommy:

Hi great idea Brian!

posted 677 days ago Cindy Maskell:

So glad to see the new site up and running! I'm also happy that the facebook page will continue to be displayed, so that people can be directed to this site. Looking forward to seeing everybody here in our "new home"! ~ Cindy

posted 677 days ago George:

great to be a part of this and look forward to seeing how this new system works out, thanks for all you do Brian and Save-Me team.

posted 677 days ago ONY:

Just a thought Brian but will there be any other 'Save' Me' merchandise available soon?...For example: car stickers, wristbands,etc xxxx

posted 677 days ago Dawn Harcom:

Congratulations Brian and the Save-Me team, for getting this off the ground, well done indeed..:-)))xxx

posted 677 days ago angel_jamais:

Me likey!!! :-)

posted 677 days ago ONY:

Brilliant news Brian...This is better for the cause and puts a stop to those who were only out to cause trouble....xxxx

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