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3 Sinn Fein politicians wish "best of luck" to cruel coursers
11 November 2015
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is disgusted to learn that three Sinn Fein politicians have wished the "best of luck" to hare coursers in Kerry. An advert in the booklet for the Listowel hare coursing meeting sees Martin Ferris TD and Kerry County Councillors Robert Beasley and Dianne Nolan stating "Best of luck to Listowel Coursing Club".
It is disgraceful that in 2015 any public representative would convey a good luck message to those involved in terrorising, injuring and killing Irish wildlife in a bloodsport that brings shame on the nation.
At the Listowel coursing meeting, hares desperately ran for their lives from greyhounds. Hares have been hit, injured and killed at this coursing meeting in the past. Victims have included a hare severely mauled by greyhounds and put down as a result of injuries suffered and 12 hares caught and pinned by greyhounds with three dying. At the 2011 Listowel coursing meeting, there were a total of 7 fatalities.
Deputy Martin Ferris and Councillors Beasley and Nolan are in a small minority of politicians who openly support cruel coursing.
Among the growing number of politicians expressing support for a ban on Ireland's bloodsports are numerous Sinn Fein representatives but despite this, the official party stance currently remains that it is not opposed to the activity.
See: Sinn Fein politicians in favour of bloodsports ban
ICABS has brought the Listowel Coursing Club advert to the attention of Sinn Fein's head office and renewed an appeal to the party to modernise its animal welfare policies and back a ban on hare coursing and foxhunting.
ACTION ALERTS
Please join us in urging Sinn Fein to back a ban on hare coursing and foxhunting, in line with the majority view that these cruel activities must be outlawed.
Email: admin@sinnfein.ie
Tel: (353) 1 8726100 / 8726932 OR 02890 347350
Tweet: @sinnfeinireland Sinn Fein - Back a ban on Ireland's cruel hare coursing and foxhunting
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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.)
Dear Sinn Fein,
I am one of the majority who want hare coursing and foxhunting outlawed in Ireland.
I urge your party to modernise its animal welfare policies and back a ban on this deplorable animal cruelty.
Yours sincerely,
[Name/Location]
Contact the three Sinn Fein politicians who have shamefully put their names to a good luck advert in the Listowel coursing booklet.
Martin Ferris TD
Email: martin.ferris@oireachtas.ie
Tel: (01) 6184248 (Dáil office) or (066) 7129545 (constituency office)
Facebook: www.facebook.com/martin.ferris.52
Cllr Robert Beasley
Email: cllrrobert.beasley@kerrycoco.ie
Phone: 086 3622114
Cllr Dianne Nolan
Email: nolan.dianne@gmail.com
Phone: 087 7944642
Sign the petition: "Sinn Fein: Support a ban on cruel hare coursing"
https://www.change.org/p/sinn-fein-support-a-ban-on-cruel-hare-coursing
Urge Minister Heather Humphreys to show compassion for the persecuted Irish Hare and withdraw the coursing licence she issued.
Email "Stop the cruelty. Permanently withdraw the hare coursing licence" to 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
Leave a comment on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/heather.humphreysfg
Tweet to: @HHumphreysFG
Tweet to @HHumphreysFG
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 permanently withdraw 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. Yours sincerely, [Name/Location] |
Express your support for a ban on coursing. Sign and share petitions
Stop Licensing Cruel Hare Coursing
https://www.change.org/p/minister-heather-humphreys-stop-licensing-cruel-hare-coursing
Save Irish hares from cruel coursing
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/minister-simon-coveney-replace-hare-coursing-with-drag-coursing
Ban horrific hare coursing cruelty in Ireland
https://www.change.org/petitions/taoiseach-prime-minister-of-ireland-support-a-bill-to-ban-the-cruel-practise-of-live-hare-coursing-in-ireland
Stop sponsoring hare coursing in Ireland
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-sponsoring-hare-coursing-in-ireland
Appeal to the Minister for Agriculture to remove an exemption for hare coursing from the Animal Health and Welfare Act.
Simon Coveney, TD
Minister for Agriculture
Agriculture House,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Email: Simon.Coveney@oireachtas.ie
Tel: 01-607 2884 or LoCall 1890-200510.
Fax: 01-661 1013.
Urgently contact An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and ask him to back a ban on hare coursing.
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny
Department of the Taoiseach,
Government Buildings,
Upper Merrion Street,
Dublin 2
Telephone: 01-6194020
Fax: 01-6764048
Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie
Contact all your local TDs now. Demand that they urgently push for a ban on hare coursing and all bloodsports. Tell them you are one of the majority who want coursing banned. Remind them that coursing is already illegal in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Urge them to respect the wishes of the majority of the electorate and back a ban.
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Please also arrange a meeting with your TDs at their local clinics.
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