Irish actor and environmentalist Rachel Pilkington is calling for a ban on fox hunting.
In a video message posted on Instagram, she expressed her support for a ban on the cruel bloodsport, stating "I completely, totally and utterly support a ban on fox hunting in this country - it is a deplorable excuse for a sport. It is cruel, it is unjustifiable." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRmvrauDEsk/?igsh=YTZoeXIwM2htdHR5
"I hope that anyone in a position of power will support this now and bring about a ban finally in this country," she added.
Thank you to Rachel Pilkington for joining calls for a ban.
The Irish Government must act to stop this cruel bloodsport. A RED C opinion poll, commissioned by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports, showed that a 77% majority (in both urban and rural areas) agree that the government should ban fox hunting. The poll found that just 12 per cent disagree with a ban.
TAKE ACTION
Help get fox hunting banned in Ireland
Contact all your local TDs and urge them to support Ruth Coppinger TD’s Animal Health & Welfare (Ban On Fox Hunting) Bill when it returns to Dail Eireann on 17 December. Visit the Oireachtas website for email addresses and phone numbers for TDs 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 to vote in favour of Deputy Coppinger's bill - or at the very least, allow a free vote.
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, admin@sinnfein.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; info@labour.ie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivanabacik
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bacikivana/
Keep hunters off your land
If you are a landowner, make your land off-limits to hunters. Find out more about how to do this on our Farmers/Landowners page – http://www.banbloodsports.com/farmers.htm
Sign and share the Uplift petition
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/petition-to-ban-fox-hunting-in-ireland