Shame on Castle Hotel Macroom for continuing to support hare coursing.

At last week’s Macroom coursing meeting, where greyhounds were unleashed to terrorise hares, the hotel sponsored the “Castle Hotel All Age Stake” http://www.greyhound-data.com/knowledge.php?b=9&note=1251363

As previously reported by ICABS, a Castle Hotel Macroom advert published in a coursing booklet, conveyed "best wishes to Cappoquin/Clogheen coursing club". A hotel representative has also been photographed presenting a trophy to the owner of a winning coursing greyhound.

Castle Hotel Macroom has also sponsored greyhound racing, including “The Castle Hotel Macroom A1 Stake” at Curraheen Park track in Cork.

The owners of the hotel are involved in breeding greyhounds, with the hotel’s Facebook page stating that the family has “50 or 60 greyhounds”. According to the hotel blog, "Mucky Kennels" - “a purpose built rearing & training facility” - is a “favourite past time of Don & Gerard Buckley of The Castle Hotel”. Among the kennel’s “success stories” listed on the blog is a greyhound who was named "Coursing Bitch Of The Year 2008”.

Mucky Kennels was profiled on a hare coursing website which outlined that “The Buckleys own a fine hotel in Macroom and any leftovers come in handy feeding the [kennel] pups”.

At last year’s Macroom coursing meeting, four hares were caught and pinned to the ground by greyhounds and examined by a vet for injuries. One of the hares required treatment from a vet for the injuries suffered, while two others died from their injuries. Another hare died within the coursing compound from so-called “natural causes”.

ACTION ALERT

If you wish to complain to Castle Hotel Macroom about its shameful support for hare coursing and greyhound racing, the contact details are:

Castle Hotel Macroom
Tel: +353 (0)26 41074
Email: reservations@castlehotel.ie
Leave a comment on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/castlehotelmacroom/
Tweet to: @castleHmacroom

 Please also sign our Ireland: Ban Cruel Hare Coursing petition
https://www.change.org/p/ireland-ban-cruel-hare-coursing