Blood sports should be in permanent lockdown - Read John Fitzgerald’s Letter to the Editor in today’s Irish Independent...
Blood sports should be kept in lockdown permanently
Irish Independent, May12th, 2020
I enjoyed reading Caroline O’Doherty’s article ‘Respite for wildlife as nature thrives during our lockdown’ (Irish Independent, May 11).
Our coronavirus woes have indeed given wildlife a break from the downside of human interaction with the natural environment. Unfortunately, that respite will inevitably end when the wheels of industry creak back into motion and life returns to what we think of as normal for our species.
I can’t help thinking of what will happen to many of the foxes that have been frolicking in the May sunshine if and when the hunting season arrives later this year. These wild dogs of the countryside could again find themselves running from packs of hounds egged on by humans.
I hope the incoming government finally tackles these calculated ‘recreational’ assaults on wildlife that should have no place in the 20th century, let alone the 21st.
Blood sports should be in permanent lockdown.
John Fitzgerald
Callan, Co Kilkenny
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