Green Party urged to honour pre-election pledge 30 August 2007 In its pre-election manifesto, the Green Party made a historic pledge to ban blood sports if they succeeded in getting into government. With two Ministers and a Minister of State now in position, the Green Party is today firmly in government. Please join us in urging the Green Party to honour its promise to bring hare coursing, carted deer hunting and fox hunting to an end in Ireland. ACTION ALERT Please send a message of support to the six Green Party TDs and urge them to stand firm on their pledge to protect Irish animals from the terrible cruelty of blood sports. Minister John Gormley Minister for the Environment Email: minister@environ.ie Tel: 01-888 2403 Ciaran Cuffe, TD Email: ciaran@ciarancuffe.com Tel: 01-6183082 Trevor Sargent TD Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture with responsibility for Food and Horticulture Email: tsargent@greenparty.ie Tel: 01-6183465 Minister Eamon Ryan, TD Minister of the Department of Communications; Energy and Natural Resources Email: eamon.ryan@oireachtas.ie Tel: 01 6183097 Mary White, TD Email: marywhite@oceanfree.net Tel: 059 9773184 Paul Gogarty TD Email: pgogarty@oireachtas.ie Tel: 01 6183022 Sample Letter (Please compose your own personal letter if possible. If you do not have time to do this, please send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.) Dear Deputy, I am writing to urge the Green Party to please honour its pre-election promise to ban blood sports in Ireland. The Irish animals so cruelly abused and killed in our countryside are depending on your commitment to bring blood sports to an end. As a first step, I appeal to you to please refuse licences to the Irish Coursing Club and the Ward Union deer hunt. Your historic move will be widely welcomed across Ireland and the world. Thank you and best wishes. Name/Location More information about blood sport cruelty Coursing: Leaflet | Photos | Videos | Petition Carted deer hunting: Leaflet | Photos | Videos | Petition Foxhunting: Leaflet | Photos | Videos | Petition News Menu | Join | Top | Home