An animal protection campaigner bravely defied the ban on "unauthorised photography" at day one of the "national hare coursing festival" in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary yesterday (January 31st)...and managed to capture the following images (see link) before being forced to leave Powerstown Park after twenty minutes... These pictures prove that muzzling does not protect the hare in coursing, despite all the claims by the Irish Coursing Club and some politicians... https://www.flickr.com/photos/icabs/16226041438/in/set-72157650567627832/