Demo against Ireland's bumpkin wildlife killers & other news

national | animal rights | news report Tuesday May 13, 2003 12:14 by Foxy - Hunt Saboteurs Association, Dublin huntsabs1dublin at hotmail dot com PO Box 4734 0857371810

The National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) is Ireland's foremost shooters' organisation intent on gaining rights to public lands for blasting the hell out of Ireland's wildlife for kicks. Recently it has engaged a PR company called the Helme Partnership (or PR@the Helme).

This of course is to make the bumpkins at NARGC look like conservationists or animal lovers. Neither could be further from the truth as NARGC members are responsible for the destruction of thousands of animals every year. They promote lamping, stalking and shooting and recently have teamed up with the UK's Countryside Alliance.

As their PR company, The Helme partnership are now putting out NARGC press releases and are lobbyng the Irish Government for more shooting consessions for the abusers.

A demonstration is organised for Thursday from 12.30 till 2pm outside the Helme's offices:

PR @ The Helme
48 Serpentine Avenue
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4 (just at the train tracks & shops)
Tel: 01-6349250
Fax: 01-6601368
Mob: 087-2341905

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The NARGC itself has recently been the subject of some unwanted attention:

Activists blamed for attack on hunt group
-The Star newspaper 12/05/03 Article -

A hunting organisation says it is being subjected to vandalism campaign by a secretive animal rights group. The National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC) had the locks on their Ranelegh, Dublin offices glued on Wednesday morning, and says it has been seriously disrupted in the past by the group.

The group, known as the Animal Liberation Front Ireland said in a press release that there message to Irish animal abusers "is stop your evil work or the ALF will."

"Yeah, they do this sort of rubbish occasionally, " said Des Crofton, the NARGC director. "They're just vandals, who have no respect for democracy and order." Mr.Crofton claims that this is not the first time the group has pestered his association which deals with the preservation of game fowl around the country.

"Three years ago they called the gardai and said there was a bomb in our offices," he said. "The gardai had to clear the whole office which was a serious disruption and was incredibly irresponsible." Crofton believes that the group are hypocritical and out of touch with public opinion. "That's how they conduct their so called democratic debate," he said.

ALF Ireland also claim to have superglued the doors of two Halal butchers in Dublin. Halal meat means the animal, alive at the time, has its throat cut with a very sharp knife by a Muslim who recites Islamic verse over it.

ALF Ireland could not be contacted for comment yesterday.

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NARGC can be contacted at:
The National Assoc. of Regional Game Councils or NARGC at 6 Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, D 6.

official figures for animals/birds killed for fun by members of NARGC 1997:
Fox-32, 264
Mink-1,673
Grey Crow-19, 865
Magpie-26, 098
Pigeon-18, 401