A few days ago I sent an e-mail to The Independent, one of the big, serious newspapers in the U.K. They had a huge article today (Kool for kats) about the popularity of meerkats, mentioning Meerkat Manor as well. I posted a comment there. Please do the same. The link is:

http://www.independent.co.uk/e...e-world-1802721.html

The article in the British newspaper The Independent appeared in the printed, and electronic versions. The New York Times would be the equivalent of a publication in this country.

Is this something we should keep our eyes on?...our hopes???? After all Mike Wild, formerly of OSF was one of the creators of Meerkat Manor. He is now with Nat Geo....

Now all we need now is the money, about 1.5 M I am told, and "a for sure deal"

Well we can dream...

From various media sources...

"Fox confirms Nat Geo spin-off.

LA-based Fox Reality Channel will be replaced by a Washington DC-based spin-off of the National Geographic Channel.

Fox Cable Networks said this week that Fox Reality would be wound down by March 31, and C21 reported yesterday that its replacement would be an East Coast channel.

The new network was thought to be a branded entertainment channel, but Fox Cable Networks and National Geographic Channel have confirmed that the advertiser-friendly replacement service will focus on natural history and wildlife.

New service Nat Geo Wild, a joint venture between Fox Cable Networks and National Geographic Ventures, will concentrate on programmes about animals in the wild.

It is an extension of a network that has already found success internationally, with outlets in about 50 countries, including England, France and Germany.

Nat Geo Wild is the fastest growing channel of the National Geographic portfolio networks, with launches in France, Germany, Australia and Latin America in the past year.

National Geographic is dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet by presenting the most compelling and visually dynamic science, exploration and history across all our media platforms,” said Fahey. “Wildlife programming is core to our brand and with the urgent conservation challenges facing wildlife, this is the right time for us to focus on what is a favorite genre for many.”

Nat Geo Wild will dedicate its platform solely to wildlife programming with a mix of series and blue chip specials. Nat Geo Wild’s schedule is still being finalized, but premiere programs such as

“Africa’s Lost Eden” – captures the largest relocation effort ever attempted of hundreds of zebra, wildebeest, impala, buffalo and
hippos."

I was just at the Lead the Meerkats Facebook pages and I saw that they have 4,100 fans. Its a meerkat game, they must like meerkats. We just have to put a message up, telling about the Petition and hopefully we will reach our goal soon.

The petition link was posted in the links (left side bar of the wall) of the Lead The Meerkats Facebook page in September.

I just signed!! I miss the meerkats
Please AP, bring back our show!!

Who doesn't love meerkats? AP Uk began showing Meerkat Manor 10/11 without any advertising and a little bird is telling me the viewer numbers are great, totally unexpected!

New kats to sign the petition...!

now have 2,010 sigs yay. I was just wondering, once the petition is completed what happens next?

Network executives can look at the petition, and the comments of individuals on it, and act accordingly.

ah ok, so do you send them the petition?

We could, or the creators of Meerkat Manor.

I'm posting the link to the Bring Back Meerkat Manor petition site again:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com...kat-ManorBringBring#

Please sign. Personal information does not appear on the petition, only name, state in the US, and country everywhere else. The name doesn't have to be displayed either. Care2, our petition site is a well known, highly respected, safe, international petition site.

We have 2073 signatures.

i have made a thread about the petition on the channel 10 forum. Channel 10 is the channel in australia that is showing the australian version of meerkat manor, its only showed 2 seasons though .

Thank you.

I thought I would bring the petition thread to the top. Please keep signing it.

Hi, Everyone. I just sent a link and info re our petition site to the ColumbiaSC newspaper TheSTATE, and asked that they publish it. This is my third request, altho I had not sent the petition link to them previously. Hopefully, it will be a slow day and someone will act on my request - altho SC politics has been keeping the pundits in stitches this year, I'm hopeful!
MaryJane

Please keep signing.

I tried signing the petition again and it wouldn't let me sign, and also stated the date that I had already signed. This is something new because I am positive that I signed the petition three or four times previously.
m.j.

One cannot sign multiple times. The Care2 site settings prevent it, in order for the petition to be legitimate. Imagine if some of us signed several times. I meant individuals seeing the petition thread now, because a lot of people do not visit the forum as often as in the past.

Please sign the petition if you didn't yet. Personal information does not appear on the petition, only name, state in the US, and country everywhere else. The name doesn't have to be displayed either. Care2, our petition site is a well known, highly respected, safe, international petition site.
We wanted the country from which the signature originates to appear on the petition in order for us to showcase the popularity of Meerkat Manor. It became obvious of course.

There are almost 2100 views of this thread....Have we all signed to show our support for Meerkat Manor?

I have!

Sure hope it does some good.

If there is a problem, please copy, and paste the petition link to your browser.

Or please go to Care2, the petition site, and search for Bring Back Meerkat Manor.

That little bird that flies back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean told me that Meerkat Manor is being shown AGAIN on BBC2...

AND...in her words...

"MM is currently airing on BBC2 on a Sunday evening. It's getting great ratings. Over 1 million per generally with no publicity whatsoever. It was fun to watch The Birds and Rovers Return again last night. I'm particularly proud of the latter - a great episode."

Need I say more?

Yes I do...this little British bird is right...I saw the numbers over the weekend...

The petition link is just above...

Elusive dreams do come true...but not by themselves. ...

Our meerkats need us as much as we need them.