On Valentine’s Day 2024 a pack of over 20 lurchers trespassed our property starting chasing our cats and attempting to even attack us while we were trying to save our cats. One of our much loved cats, Blacky was brutally killed by those dogs in front of my husband while the owner was standing over the field looking directly at us and yelling at dogs GO! GO! GO! 
Emergency Services was called to help but unfortunately Local Garda and Vet couldn’t care less and arrived at the scene almost one hour and several calls later just after the owner called his criminal dogs away and disappeared. 
 Unfortunately, this was not an isolated incident and there are many incidents involving hunts causing carnage to domestic animals and the public

Legislation should be introduced to prohibit any activity involving hunting hounds, such as trail hunts and hound exercise, taking place in a residential area or any other public place. This is why we launched the Justice For Blacky Law campaign (Public and Animal Safety Act 2024) to ensure safety to the public and animals from all hunting activities.