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If Fine Gael backs hare coursing, instead of hare protection, they’ll be guilty of betraying an iconic and increasingly vulnerable species – Read John Fitzgerald's Letter to the Editor in the Mail on Sunday...

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Letter, Irish Mail on Sunday: July 16th 2023
 
I’m delighted but surprised to see that Fine Gael MEPs defied the European People’s Party and voted for the Nature Restoration Law.

It's surprising because Fine Gael hasn’t exactly distinguished itself as a champion of wildlife.

In 2019, when the government halted the coursing season over an outbreak of a killer disease fatal to hares, Fine Gael backbenchers kicked up a ferocious racket and forced a government U-Turn.

Perhaps by backing the Nature Restoration Law the party has restored a little of its own dented credibility on ecological issues.

They’ll have a chance in the coming months to demonstrate that it wasn’t just an empty gesture by supporting Deputy Jennifer Whitmore’s Bill to end the capture of hares for coursing.

If they back coursing, instead of hare protection, they’ll be guilty of betraying an iconic and increasingly vulnerable species. They’ll also, I suggest, be on the wrong side of history.

John Fitzgerald,
Callan, Co. Kilkenny

ACTION ALERT

Contact Fine Gael TDs and urge them to pledge support for Paul Murphy TD’s upcoming Animal Health & Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020 and Jennifer Whitmore TD's "Protection of Hares Bill 2023".

Fine Gael TDs

JohnPaul.Phelan@oireachtas.ie; Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie; joe.carey@oireachtas.ie; david.stanton@oir.ie; colm.burke@oireachtas.ie; michael.creed@oireachtas.ie; Simon.Coveney@oireachtas.ie; joe.mchugh@oireachtas.ie; richard.bruton@oireachtas.ie; Paschal.Donohoe@oireachtas.ie; Alan.Farrell@oireachtas.ie; emer.higgins@oireachtas.ie; neale.richmond@oireachtas.ie; josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie; colm.brophy@oireachtas.ie; leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie; jennifer.carrollmacneill@oireachtas.ie; Ciaran.Cannon@oireachtas.ie; hildegarde.naughton@oireachtas.ie; Brendan.Griffin@oireachtas.ie; bernard.durkan@oireachtas.ie; Martin.Heydon@oireachtas.ie; charles.flanagan@oireachtas.ie; kieran.odonnell@oireachtas.ie; Patrick.O’Donovan@oireachtas.ie; peter.burke@oireachtas.ie; fergus.odowd@oireachtas.ie; alan.dillon@oireachtas.ie; michael.ring@oireachtas.ie; helen.mcentee@oireachtas.ie; damien.english@oireachtas.ie; frank.feighan@oireachtas.ie; paul.kehoe@oireachtas.ie; Simon.Harris@oireachtas.ie

Contact all your local TDs and urge them to back a ban on cruel hare coursing. Visit the Oireachtas website for contact details for TDs https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/33

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SEE ALSO:

Jennifer Whitmore TD introduces Protection of Hares Bill 2023
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/jennifer-whitmore-td-introduces-protection-of-hares-bill-2023/