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Parliamentary Questions and Answers
Questions 144 - Answered on 9th November, 2016
Ruth Coppinger TD (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the mauling of a hare at a hare coursing event in Ballinagar, County Offaly on 29 October 2016 (details supplied); if her department is investigating the incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Heather Humphreys TD)
Staff of my Department were present at this coursing event to monitor it and I have asked for a report on the matter.
ACTION ALERT
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Ireland: Ban Cruel Hare Coursing
https://www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-cruel-hare-coursing
Save Irish hares from cruel coursing
https://www.change.org/p/save-irish-hares-from-cruel-coursing
Email "BAN HARE COURSING NOW" TO Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie, ministers.office@ahg.gov.ie, taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie, wildlifelicence@ahg.gov.ie, Gerry.Leckey@ahg.gov.ie, michael.creed@oir.ie
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Contact all your local TDs now. Demand that they urgently push for a ban on hare coursing and all bloodsports.
Visit the Oireachtas website for names of TDs and their email addresses http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=32&disp=mem
Write to your TDs at: Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-618 3000 or 1890 337 889.
Please also arrange a meeting with your TDs at their local clinics.
