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“I hope that anyone who cares a whit for the welfare of animals, or about our imperilled wildlife heritage, will remember that Sinn Fein now officially condones hare coursing - one of the worst forms of animal cruelty” - Read John Fitzgerald's Letter to the Editor in the Irish Daily Mail and please scroll down for action alert....
SF's cruel compromise
Letter to the Editor, Irish Daily Mail, 16th November 2023
Sinn Fein demonstrated a remarkable ability to “run with the hare and hunt with the hounds” at its weelend Ard Fheis.
Faced with motions calling for a ban on hare coursing, and rival ones expressing support for the practice, the party’s Ard Comhairle came up with a supposed compromise, calling for “regulation” of the activity.
It may have escaped their attention that coursing is already subjected to so-called regulations, but these do nothing to prevent a hare from being snatched from its natural home in the countryside, confined for weeks in captivity, and then forced to run from two hyped-up dogs in a wired enclosure.
One cannot regulate animal torture. One may as well regulate crime by giving potential victims a longer start to escape their assailants, or asking paramilitaries to attach longer fuses to their bombs.
I imagine Sinn Fein is being extra-careful right now, desperate to avoid any serious political gaffes with the heady scent of power already wafting up its nose.
But while giving the green light to hare coursing to continue might go down well in hillbilly territory, I hope that anyone who cares a whit for the welfare of animals, or about our imperilled wildlife heritage, will remember that this party now officially condones one of the worst forms of animal cruelty.
John Fitzgerald,
Callan, Co. Kilkenny
ACTION ALERT
Contact Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald TD and the party’s other TDs and urge them to back a ban on fox hunting and hare coursing.
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Féin
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
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SEE ALSO
Sinn Féin urged to back a ban on cruel hare coursing
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2022/07/04/sinn-fein-urged-to-back-a-ban-on-cruel-hare-coursing/
“Sinn Féin is opposed to foxhunting” and will “vote in favour of a ban” (2020)
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/sinn-fein-is-opposed-to-foxhunting-and-will-vote-in-favour-of-a-ban/
Senator Lynn Boylan speaks out against cruel hare coursing and fox hunting
https://banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2023/11/16/senator-lynn-boylan-speaks-out-against-cruel-hare-coursing-and-fox-hunting/