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Calls for Millstreet Town Park to stop hosting cruel hare coursing
13 November 2014
Sign the petition: Stop cruel hare coursing in Millstreet Town Park
Renewed calls are being made to the committee of Millstreet Town Park to stop hosting hare coursing. The call is this year being supported by locals who are not only opposed to the cruelty but who strongly object to a large portion of their park being taken over by coursers in the weeks leading up to the January meeting. There are also fears that the hosting of animal cruelty in a town park damages Millstreet's valuable image as an attractive tourist destination.
The issue of hares being used as live bait for dogs in the park was discussed on C103 Radio's Cork Today show on 10th November. Presenter Patricia Messinger explained that members of the Millstreet Town Park Committee were asked to take part in the live discussion but declined the invitation. Speaking on the show, John Fitzgerald of the Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports outlined local opposition to the cruel bloodsport and urged the park committee to show compassion for the hares and only permit drag coursing.
You can listen to the show below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVu5yN2kbhY
Hares running for their lives in Millstreet Town Park
Photos: Hares running for their lives in Millstreet Town Park
ACTION ALERTS
Sign the petition: Stop cruel hare coursing in Millstreet Town Park
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Urge Millstreet-based TD, Aine Collins, to act to end cruel hare coursing in Millstreet Town Park
Aine Collins TD
Clara Business Centre.
Main Street, Millstreet, Co. Cork
Telephone: 029-71845
Fax: 029-71845
Email: aine.collins@oir.ie
Email "Please act to end cruel hare coursing in Millstreet Town Park" to Cork County Councillors
Express your support for a ban on coursing. Sign and share petitions
Stop Licensing Cruel Hare Coursing
Save Irish hares from cruel coursing
Ban horrific hare coursing cruelty in Ireland
Stop sponsoring hare coursing in Ireland
Urge Minister Heather Humphreys to show compassion for the persecuted Irish Hare and revoke the coursing licence she issued.
Email "Stop the cruelty. Revoke the hare coursing licence" to Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie
[Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie,ministers.office@ahg.gov.ie,taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie,joan.burton@oireachtas.ie,wildlifelicence@ahg.gov.ie,Gerry.Leckey@ahg.gov.ie]
Tel: (01) 631 3802 or (01) 631 3800
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Tweet to Heather Humphreys: @HHumphreysFG
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SAMPLE LETTER
(If you have time, please compose your own personal letter. Otherwise, feel free to send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.)
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Dear Minister,
I am one of the majority who want hare coursing outlawed. I am writing to urge you to revoke the licence you issued to the Irish Coursing Club. In coursing, hares suffer at all stages - during the capture, during the time they are kept in captivity and during the coursing meetings where they run for their lives in front of greyhounds. Among the injuries recorded are broken legs, damaged toes and dislocated hips. Every season, hare injuries and deaths are documented. I ask you to please act on the wishes of the majority, show compassion and permanently revoke the licence. Thank you. Yours sincerely, [Name/Location] |
PREVIOUSLY: Millstreet TD urged to help end coursing in town park
06 September 2012
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is calling on Fine Gael TD, Aine Collins, to support our calls for an end to hare coursing in Millstreet town park.
Deputy Collins, who resides in the town, has been told about the victims of the coursing meet held there last December:
"The hosting of this animal cruelty in Millstreet town park represents a major black mark against a town that has so many positive attractions and associations," we stated in an email. "Hare coursing subjects these delicate, timid creatures to an appalling ordeal. They are torn from their habitats in nets, manhandled into crates, kept in captivity for weeks/months and finally forced to run for their lives in front of pairs of greyhounds."
"It reflects poorly on Millstreet that this internationally condemned cruelty has been allowed to take place in your town," we added.
Ask Millstreet to stop coursing in town park
27 June 2012
Photos from the Millstreet coursing meeting show hares desperately running for their lives. In these disturbing scenes, there is no mistaking the fear and stress of the hares as they try to escape a mauling from the greyhounds bearing down on them.
Photo 1 | Photo 2 | Photo 3
Note: These are links to a pro-coursing website
According to National Parks documents obtained by ICABS, 3 hares were hit during the December 2011 Millstreet meeting. Three hares were dead at end of coursing and a wildlife ranger noted that "a number of hares (at least 3, probably more) had conjunctivitis, as confirmed by Vet." At least 9 hares were found to be suffering foot injuries.
The hosting of this animal cruelty in Millstreet's Town Park represents a major black mark against a town that has so many positive attractions and associations. ICABS is calling on the town park committee to show compassion for the hares and permanently end the hosting of coursing there.
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