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FOI reports show Minister let hare coursing clubs off the hook despite clear evidence of license violations
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Thursday April 30, 2015 18:57 by Animal Protection Ireland
Another blow to battered "credibility" of Ireland's shamed hare coursing fraternity... Irish animal protection groups are shocked to learn from FOI reports that the National Parks & Wildlife Service, following "discussions" with Arts & Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys, decided not to sanction two coursing clubs for clear breaches of license conditions that supposedly apply to the holding of all coursing events, and that she gave them the green light to continue coursing hares during the 2014/15 season, despite what the NPWS officials referred to as the “seriousness of the incidents at these meetings”. According to an internal NPWS memo, obtained by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports (ICABS) under FOI; "It was decided, given the seriousness of the incidents at these meetings, to impose sanctions on both clubs (Mallow and Liscannor) by way of a reduction in the number of competitive courses allowed by each club at their forthcoming meetings. However, following discussions with the Minister, it was decided that before the imposition of these sanctions, both clubs should be given the opportunity to provide assurances relating to future co-operation with Department officials..." |
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Jump To Comment: 1Yet another nail in the coffin of hare coursing in Ireland. Maybe politicians will soon get around to listening to the majority of Irish people who want this blood sport banned.
Tireless campaigner Clare Daly TD with anti hare coursing protesters...
Another subjected to pointless injury for the amusement of gamblers and sight seers
Objecting to hare coursing cruelty...