Queen legend Brian May joins David Drew and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn to take his 'SAVE ME' campaign against hunting to Stroud
Queen legend and animal rights campaigner Brian May will join Labour's David Drew and Environment Secretary Hilary Benn today (Wednesday 28th April) in Stroud to support the ban on fox hunting and campaign against a return to cruel sports.
Brian May is a passionate supporter of animal welfare, and is supporting candidates who will protect the Hunting Act from being repealed. Mr May has also launched a campaign to protect animals from hunting, Save Me, which campaigns against the reintroduction of hunting of foxes, stags and hares with packs of dogs.
Brian May will join David Drew, Hilary Benn and activists in Stroud at 12:00, who will be holding a street stall in Stroud town centre, engaging with members of the public and talking about the importance of the hunting ban.
Mr May will then host a public meeting at the Old Town Hall, The Shambles, Stroud, from 12:30, which media are invited to attend, with local residents who have signed David Drew's anti-hunt petition, local anti-hunting campaign groups and the League Against Cruel Sports. There will be a question and answer session with invited guests, after which Brian May and Hilary Benn will be available for interviews and photographs (from 13:25).
Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Hilary Benn, said:
"I am delighted that Brian May is coming to Stroud. His support for the hunting ban is helping to raise animal rights as an election issue and his campaign against cruel sports is engaging people in politics who might not otherwise have voted.
I am proud that Labour has outlawed cruel and barbaric sports, and I know that people do not want to turn back the clock with the Conservatives who, if elected, want to reintroduce hunting with dogs."
