It has been confirmed that newly appointed Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan (Green Party) will have responsibility for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and therefore will be the Minister making a decision on an application for a 2020-2021 hare coursing licence.
Please join us in appealing to Minister Noonan to REFUSE THE LICENCE.
An end to Ireland's cruel coursing is long overdue. A RED C opinion poll conducted last September shows that a 77% majority of Irish citizens want the bloodsport banned (with just 9 per cent disagreeing with a ban).
In coursing, thousands of hares are snatched from the wild in nets and forced to run for their lives in front of pairs of muzzled greyhounds. All hares suffer the fear and stress of running for their lives and every coursing season, hare injuries and deaths occur.
Among the injuries documented are broken back, spinal injury, broken legs, damaged toes and dislocated hips.
Hares suffer at all stages - during capture, while held captive in coursing compounds and at the coursing meetings where they can be seen desperately running as a merciless mob cheer the greyhounds on and gamble on which dog will force the hare to change direction first.
Minister Malcolm Noonan has in the past condemned coursing, saying the suffering inflicted on hares "highlights a shocking disregard for the welfare of the animals”.
It’s time for Ireland to finally consign this shameful activity to history.
ACTION ALERT
Contact Minister Malcolm Noonan and urge him to refuse a hare coursing licence.
Malcolm Noonan TD
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform
Tel: (01) 6183148
Email: malcolm.noonan@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/noonan_malcolm
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votemalcolmnoonan1/
Urge Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar to respect the wishes of the majority and ban hare coursing and all bloodsports.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie
Phone: 021-432 0088
Leinster House: 01–618 3000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD
Tanaiste Leo Varadkar
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01-619 4020
Email: leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
Tweet to: http://www.twitter.com/@LeoVaradkar
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeoVaradkar
Please sign and share the petitions
Ireland - Ban cruel hare coursing
www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-cruel-hare-coursing
Sinn Fein: Support a ban on cruel hare coursing
https://www.change.org/p/sinn-fein-support-a-ban-on-cruel-hare-coursing
Irish Government: Stop Giving Millions of Euro to Cruel Greyhound Racing
https://www.change.org/p/irish-government-stop-giving-millions-of-euro-to-cruel-greyhound-racing
Witness the cruelty of hare coursing in Ireland
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRkXOvbUPNNjMc6LShwiiXBfnDAPbykf-V