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Ruth Coppinger TD has announced this week that she is "working on a bill to ban fox hunting in Ireland”.
In a video posted on Instagram, the People Before Profit – Solidarity TD for Dublin West stated: “Fox hunting has no benefit to anybody, except to entertain a tiny minority of usually quite privileged people. It is not a traditional pastime. It needs to be outlawed. There have been attempts to do this before. Now we need to put it up to Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the animal-hating cabal of some of the independent TDs that are in with them. We need to put pressure on to protect animals. So I am going to be amending the Animal Health and Welfare Act to protect foxes from hunting.” https://www.instagram.com/p/DFqlJH4tt2W/
Praising foxes, Deputy Coppinger described them as “beautiful creatures”.
“They’re the only wild dog that we have in Ireland,” she said. “They can live up to age 10 but according to experts, many don’t survive beyond their second birthday because of the threat from various different sources. One of them includes the threat from hunting.”
Deputy Coppinger’s latest announcement follows a pre-election promise to introduce a “Ban Fox Hunting” bill.
“It’s Incredible that big parties in the Dail support allowing a beautiful animal be ripped to shreds for entertainment. Shame on Fianna Fail and Fine Gael,” she stated in a tweet ahead of the general election in November 2024.
Ruth Coppinger was instrumental in securing a ban on fur farming in Ireland. She is also in favour of a ban on greyhound racing and hare coursing.
ACTION ALERT
Get in touch with your local TDs and tell them to back a ban on fox hunting. Visit the Oireachtas website for contact details https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=/ie/oireachtas/house/dail/34
Contact the leaders of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, Sinn Fein and the Labour Party. Tell them that you want fox hunting, hare coursing and all bloodsports banned.
Micheál Martin TD
Leader, Fianna Fail
Email: micheal.martin@oireachtas.ie; info@fiannafail.ie
Tel: 01 619 4000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michealmartintd/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@MichealMartinTD
Simon Harris TD
Leader, Fine Gael
Telephone: 01 281 3727
Email: simon.harris@oireachtas.ie; finegael@finegael.ie
X: http://www.twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeputySimonHarris
Mary Lou McDonald TD
Leader, Sinn Fein
Tel: (01) 727 7102
Email: marylou.mcdonald@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryLouMcDonald
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MaryLouMcDonaldTD
Ivana Bacik TD
Leader, The Labour Party
Tel: (01) 6183136
Email: ivana.bacik@oireachtas.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/
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