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Brian May Backs Calls for Golf Club to Ban Fox-Killing Member
- Posted on Jul 19th 2011 11:30AM by Chris Cope
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As the Scotsman reports, an animal rights furore has escalated around the Peterculter Golf Club in Aberdeen after 55-year-old Donald Forbes, who attacked the fox, was allowed back into the club after a nine-month suspension.
He was fined £750 ($1,210) in May for hitting a fox in head with his golf club on the course after it nabbed a chocolate biscuit from his bag. It is said that another golfer had to put the animal out of its misery due to its injuries.
A number of protestors have rallied against the club's decision to reinstate Forbes -- and now they've been joined by seasoned animal rights protester and legendary guitarist Brian May.
He said, "It's evident that the vast majority of the British public are disgusted by cruelty to animals, as shown by the public outcry against this particularly senseless piece of brutality. The members of this Aberdeen club have the opportunity to show their disapproval in an appropriate way -- by banning this unsavoury character for life. But they seem to be unready."
Harvey Aberdein, lawyer for Peterculter Golf Club, said that they referred to Forbes' "previously unblemished record" when allowing him back into the club, the paper reported. "The committee took account of his previous unblemished record over many years of membership. This decision in no way condones Mr Forbes's action," he said.
This isn't the first animal rights campaign May has got involved in. Last year, he publicly condemned the policy of badger culling in Wales, while he in a BBC interview recently he said he wanted to be remembered for his animal rights work rather than his music.
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may wants to stick his guitar up his arse ,and keep out of others business
August 07 2011 at 12:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI say go and **** up the fairway and the greens-I sure as hell would,but since I'm a few thousand miles away all I can hope for is this sick bastard does'nt have a day of peace for the rest of his worthless life-all for a biscuit,what a ********!
July 27 2011 at 8:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
hello rdg
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Fox gets killed by an arsehole 732 comments.British soldier dies 17th jul gets 45 comments.go figure
July 21 2011 at 6:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
mick
quite agree
nice to know we have our priorities here in he good old uk
The fox didn't enlist. The soldier did.
July 28 2011 at 4:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhat he killed a fox cause it was eating his food? He needs to be straved, beaten for eating, and then killed by some chest beating freak !!!!! I say BAN THE BLOODY BASTARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 20 2011 at 8:23 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replythe t**t should have the golf club inserted sidways... make my blood boil... lets picket the Peterculter golf club till he is banned....
July 20 2011 at 7:44 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Replyall animal killer should be hanged
July 20 2011 at 6:53 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Replysick sick bas***d gimme 5 mins with him & he'll wish he'd not been born - what a waste of space, obv not man enough to pick on summit his own size just another gutless wonder thinking they can cruely hurt poor animals - absolutely disgusting & i hope that 'Golf Club' are totally ashamed of themselves letting THAT VERMIN back in!!!!
July 20 2011 at 6:37 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down ReplyDONNIE DONNIE DONNIE YOU ARE A SPERM INFESTED AARRRRSSSSSEEEEEHHHHHOOOOOLLLLLEEEEEEEEEE HOPE YOU DIE SOON PILLOCKS LIKE YOU LIVE ON A PICKIE ESTATE AND BEAT STAFFYS..... GET A LIFE ****........SORRY I FORGOT YOU HAVEN'T GOT ONE. GOODNIGHT AND BLESS YOU FOR YOUR ARROGANCE LOSER
July 20 2011 at 6:30 PM Report abuse Permalink -3 rate up rate down ReplyWe need more people to speak on behalf of poor defensive animals. To the guy that HIT THE FOX ON THE HEAD WITH THE GOLF CLUB, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. Imagin this smart guy, someone hitting you on the head with a club, how do you think it would feel. You are one sad guy. Why is it that some people consider it just an ANIMAL, it feels pain, it suffers & people in that golf club tamed that poor fox, tamed it to trust.
July 20 2011 at 6:25 PM Report abuse Permalink +2 rate up rate down Reply
davidfigg@talkta
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HI,the important bit here is that he would probably done the same to a dog/cat/bird or any other animal,just an ars.......I work at the University of Surrey and very often a fox walks past us on shift,not hurting anything or anybody.I think that they are beautiful animals and if it were possible I would love one as a pet.Even childrens books use them,remember the Belstone Fox.I read it over and over.The thing is,it is a shame that we probably would not have heard about this if a celeb had not put his name to it!!!
July 20 2011 at 6:20 PM Report abuse Permalink +4 rate up rate down ReplyYou know him well too,of course! Surry is sooo close to Aberdeen, still you know the man well enough to claim he'd "probably do the same to any other Animal"....he wasnt just an old bloke who got the crap scared out of him by a large dog like creature with a mouthfull of sharp pointy teeth,? the sort of creature , that in a rural area such as Aberdeenshire has more of a reputation for killing things (unless foxes live on fresh air and rainbows) than appearing in kiddies fairy stories...Put the act in context. it wasnt the smartest thing to do but not part of his everyday routine
July 20 2011 at 6:29 PM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down Replyquote 'it wasnt the smartest thing to do but not part of his everyday routine'
you know him well yourself it seems.
davidfigg@talkta
Excuse me but I am 72 years so I might well be older than him and have never been scared of a fox.I would probably be much more scared of a rottweiler,that too has sharp pointy teeth and knows how to use them.They too have been in several films,like the omen.Get your facts straight for just this once.There have been far more babies/humans been savaged by tame dogs than foxes.
July 20 2011 at 6:41 PM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down
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