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8 hounds shot dead by sheep farmer following sheep attack during hunt
20 February 2015
8 hunting dogs have been shot dead by a farmer in County Clare after they attacked and killed sheep during a hunt. The Irish Examiner has reported that the dogs - beagles and cross-breeds - "broke away from the pack and attacked sheep on two separate farms in Broadford."
Read the full story at http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/sheep-farmers-shot-dogs-dead-313655.html
URGENT ACTION ALERT
Contact Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney, and demand that he removes an exemption from the Animal Health and Welfare Act which currently allows hunting with packs of dogs.
Simon Coveney, TD
Minister for Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture House,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Email: minister@agriculture.gov.ie
Tel: 01-607 2000 or LoCall 1890-200510.
Fax: 01-661 1013.
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