A hare suffered a "BROKEN LEG" and was destroyed by a vet at a coursing meeting in Cork, newly released documents reveal.
The sickening documents, published on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (which shamefully licenses this cruel activity) shows that at the 2-day Rathcormac coursing meeting in November, the hare was caught and pinned to the ground by muzzled greyhounds. The unfortunate animal was retrieved and examined for injuries. A veterinary report confirms that the hare suffered a broken leg and was euthanised. https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/files/coursing-rathcormac-2018-19.pdf
In previous years at Rathcormac coursing meeting, hares have been hit, injured and killed. Among the victims was a hare who “ran to the side of the coursing park, followed by two muzzled greyhounds”. According to a National Parks ranger report: “The hare got through the fencing out into the general field and the two dogs jumped the fencing. One dog dislodged the muzzle and caught the hare. The hare was not killed but was badly injured and was left in a box with another injured hare.”
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Urgently contact Minister Josepha Madigan and the National Parks and Wildlife Service and demand that they stop licensing cruel hare coursing.
Minister Josepha Madigan
Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
Phone: +353 (0)1 631 3800
Email: josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie, ministers.office@ahg.gov.ie, wildlifelicence@ahg.gov.ie, john.fitzgerald@ahg.gov.ie, Gerry.Leckey@ahg.gov.ie, nature.conservation@ahg.gov.ie
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John Fitzgerald
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Email: john.fitzgerald@ahg.gov.ie
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The Irish Hare is a protected species but an exemption for coursing in the Animal Health and Welfare Act means coursers are not liable for prosecution for their cruelty. Join us in our call to the government to remove the exemption and provide full and permanent protection to this cherished species.
Contact An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and ask him to ban hare coursing and give permanent protection to hares.
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