Express your support for a ban on hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland – please respond to the Public Consultation before 6pm TODAY 20 January 2025 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JBHuntingPMB
Alliance Party MLA, John Blair plans to use a Private Members Bill to ban the hunting of foxes, hares and other wild mammals with dogs. The Bill, if passed, would also ban trail hunting and effectively outlaw terrierwork.
“Hunting wild mammals with dogs is a cruel and archaic practice which, quite frankly, should be consigned to the past,” Mr Blair has stated.
The latest opinion poll confirms that a majority in Northern Ireland want hunting with dogs banned.
The 2024 poll was conducted by Lucid Talk Limited and commissioned by the USPCA and the League Against Cruel Sports.
It found that 87% of respondents said deer hunting should be banned; 76% would ban fox hunting; 82% would ban hare hunting; and 77% would ban rabbit hunting.
John Blair MLA has pointed out that there is strong support from the farming community to have hunting with dogs banned.
“Local hunts have been accused of trespass, damaging boundary fencing/hedging, livestock worrying, damage to land/pastures/crops and anti-social behaviour,” he states. “Research shows that mounted hunting with dogs also present a significant biosecurity threat to livestock when hunts trample from one farm to another, potentially spreading disease.”
Find out more at
https://www.allianceparty.org/it_s_beyond_time_to_see_fox_hunting_banned_in_ni_says_blair
ACTION ALERT
John Blair’s previous bill addressing this issue was blocked primarily by Sinn Féin MLAs and some DUP representatives. Join us in urging Sinn Fein and the DUP to back a ban.
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://x.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDo
Gavin Robinson MP
Leader, DUP
Email: gavin.robinson.mp@parliament.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GRobinsonDUP
Twitter: https://x.com/GRobinsonDUP
DUP Headquarters
Tel: 028 9047 1155
Email: info@mydup.com
Ban hunting with dogs in Northern Ireland – sign and share the petition
https://www.change.org/p/the-northern-ireland-assembly-ban-hunting-with-dogs-in-northern-ireland