Over three days in February, hares will be running for their lives at the national finals of cruel coursing. Please join us outside Powerstown Park in Clonmel, County Tipperary on Saturday, February 10th, 12-2pm to protest against this deplorable bloodsport. Hare coursing is a blot on the Irish landscape, with thousands of timid hares trapped from the wild, courtesy of a licence from Arts & Heritage Minister Josepha Madigan and used as live bait for greyhounds to chase. We have filmed hares this season being mauled and battered by muzzled dogs, but our TDs who voted to retain this barbarism apparently couldn't care less about these vulnerable creatures being terrorised, injured and killed. Please join the protest and continuing lobbying your TDs to ban coursing and all bloodsports which should have no place in modern Ireland. Thank you. We look forward to seeing you on February 10th. ACTION ALERT Contact An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and urge him to ban hare coursing and give permanent protection to hares. An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar Government Buildings, Upper Merrion St, Dublin 2 Telephone: +353 (0)1-6194020 Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie, leo.varadkar@oireachtas.ie Tweet to: @campaignforLeo Leave a comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/campaignforleo/ Contact Minister Josepha Madigan now and urge her to stop licensing hare coursing Josepha Madigan TD Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht Phone: +353 (0)1 631 3800 Email: josepha.madigan@oireachtas.ie Leave a comment on Facebook: https://facebook.com/JosephaMadiganFG Tweet to: @josephamadigan SAMPLE LETTER (If you have time, please compose your own personal letter. Otherwise, feel free to send the short sample letter below) Dear Minister, I am one of the majority who want hare coursing outlawed. I am writing to urge you to withdraw the licences issued to the Irish Coursing Club In coursing, hares suffer and die at all stages - during the capture, during the time they are kept in captivity and during the coursing meetings where they run for their lives in front of greyhounds. Among the injuries recorded are broken legs, damaged toes and dislocated hips. I ask you to please act on the wishes of the majority, show compassion and refuse to licence this cruelty. Thank you. Yours sincerely, [Name/Location]