Ban Foxhunting in Ireland
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Latest Dail Question: Badger Snaring Cruelty
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ICABS vice-president, Tony Gregory, TD has questioned Minister John Gormley about his department's licensing of cruel badger snaring. The licence issued to the Department of Agriculture has already left tens of thousands of badgers dead. Deputy Gregory urged the Green Party Minister to develop a more humane approach.
Question 586 - Answered on 7th May, 2008
Tony Gregory: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of licences he has issued for the snaring of badgers; his views on this control method of the badger population in view of the cruelty involved; if he will liase with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to develop a more humane approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Written reply. Ref No: 17618/08
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Gormley): My Department annually issues thirty licences to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (one for each District Veterinary Office) to take badgers for the purpose of carrying out necessary research into bovine Tuberculosis in cattle and badgers. Bovine Tuberculosis has serious implications for both human and animal health in Ireland.
I understand that the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is funding research on the development of a bait based vaccination against TB for badgers. I would be hopeful that should a programme of effective vaccination become available, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food will no longer consider it necessary to snare badgers.
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2 days ago
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Help convince EU Parliament to scrap bullfight exhibition
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Irish MEP, Kathy Sinnott, has contacted the President of the European Parliament about an exhibition which bullfighters are planning to hold at EU Headquarters next month. The blood sports brigade are trying to convince parliamentarians that slowly torturing a bull to death is a "noble" activity that should be preserved.
In a letter to all of Ireland's MEPs, ICABS stated: "We are shocked and horrified to learn today that there is to be a bullfighting exhibition entitled 'Between Man and Bull', the purpose of which is to try to persuade legislators that bullfighting is a 'noble' activity. This is due to commence on June 4th, and is aimed at familiarising Parliament members with the 'beauty' and 'proud liveliness' of this 'European cultural heritage'."
"If you abhor what can only be described as the world's worst blood sport, please strongly object to the mounting of this grotesque exhibition, masquerading as art and tradition," we added.
Appealing to the President of the European Parliament to scrap the exhibition, we highlighted this week how opposition to bullfighting across Europe is at an all-time high and continually growing.
"A majority of EU citizens want bullfighting banned," we emphasised. "We hope that you can reverse the decision to allow the bullfighting industry into Parliament to speak favourably about this indefensible blood sport."
ACTION ALERT 1
Urge the European Parliament to close its doors to bullfighters spreading misinformation about one of Europe's worst instances of animal cruelty
SAMPLE LETTER
(If you have time, please compose your own personal letter. Otherwise, feel free to send the short sample letter below. Be assertive, but polite, in all correspondence. Thank you.)
Hans-Gert Pöttering
President of the European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60
PHS 11B11
B-1047 Brüssel, Belgium
Email: hans-gert.poettering@europarl.europa.eu
Dear Mr Pöttering,
I wish to register my strong objection to the "Between Man and Bull" exhibition which is due to take place at the European Parliament early next month. Considering the extreme animal cruelty involved in bullfighting and the fact that millions in Spain, France, Portugal and all across Europe want this barbarity banned, I believe that bullfighters should not be invited into Parliament buildings.
These heartless animal abusers describe their sport as a noble tradition that should be preserved but you will surely agree that there is no place in a modern Europe for the slow torture to death of animals for entertainment. It is now time for bullfighting to be banned and I urge you to cancel this exhibition and to work towards ridding the EU of this, and all, blood sports.
Thank you very much. I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
[Name/Location]
ACTION ALERT 2
Ask Ireland's MEPs to lodge a complaint against the "Between Man and Bull" exhibition and to call for it to be cancelled. Also urge them to support future moves in the EU to finally bring bullfighting to an end. You can find the name and contact details for your country's MEPs at www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public.do.
ACTION ALERT 3
Please download and distribute the ICABS leaflet which asks holidaymakers to boycott bullrings. Give a copy to any friend or family member visiting France, Spain, Portugal or another bullfighting country. Thank you.
Leaflet: Have happy holiday memories! This Summer, Boycott Bullfighting
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8 days ago
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Hunt supporter's sickening admission: I kill foxes with baseball bat
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A hunt supporting farmer has told ICABS that over the years he has "snared hundreds of foxes and killed them with a baseball bat". The disturbing admission was left as a comment on the ICABS video channel and has today been brought to the attention of the Department of Agriculture. ICABS is demanding protection for foxes and tougher penalties for those convicted of cruelty.
"I support the hunt and in the 25 years ive been farming ive seen 2 foxes killed [by the hunt]," the anonymous Irish farmer declared. "But ive snared hundreds of foxes and killed them with a baseball bat."
ICABS will be urging the Gardai to attempt to uncover the identity of this cruel individual with a view to prosecution for cruelty to animals.
STAND UP FOR FOXES - ACTION ALERT 1
Please make a special appeal to Trevor Sargent TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture where new animal welfare legislation is currently being drafted. ICABS welcomed a statement from Minister Sargent last year in which he assured us that the new legislation will "ensure that the welfare of animals is properly protected". Please appeal to him to prioritise fox protection in the new act.
Trevor Sargent TD
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture
Email: tsargent@greenparty.ie
Tel: 01-6183465 (Dail)
Fax: 01-8900361
Dear Minister Sargent,
As one of the two thirds majority of Irish people who want foxhunting banned, I appeal to you to please ensure that foxes are afforded full protection from hunting groups in the new animal welfare legislation being drafted. Please do everything in your power to finally bring foxhunting to an end and protect foxes from this horrendous abuse.
Thank you. I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
[Name/Location]
STAND UP FOR FOXES - ACTION ALERT 2
Urge the Minister for Agriculture to protect foxes and all wild creatures from unnecessary cruelty.
Minister Mary Coughlan
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture House,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
Tel: 01-607 2000 or LoCall 1890-200510.
Fax: 01-661 1013.
Email: mary.coughlan@oireachtas.irlgov.ie
Dear Minister Coughlan,
I appeal to your sense of compassion to urgently intervene to save foxes from the barbarism of foxhunting. This blood sport is an abhorrent assault on our wildlife heritage and a complete ban is long overdue. Please ensure that Ireland's new animal welfare legislation includes protection for foxes.
Thank you. I look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
[Name/Location]
STAND UP FOR FOXES - ACTION ALERT 3
Please urgently appeal to your local politicians
Please join us in telling all of Ireland's TDs that it is now time to replace foxhunting with the humane alternative - drag hunting.
Drag hunting sees the hounds chasing an artificial lure instead of a live animal. This form of "hunting" is already practised successfully by a few groups in Ireland. In a modern and civilised country like Ireland, there should be no place for foxhunting, particularly when a transition to drag hunting would be simple.
Please stand up for the foxes so cruelly abused by hunting groups - write to all of your local politicians and ask them to act to secure a ban on foxhunting. If possible, get your friends, family and workmates to contact them too. We need as much help with this campaign as possible.
Write to your TD at:
Dail Eireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-618 3000 or 1890 337 889.
Write to your Senator at:
Seanad Eireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-618 3000 or 1890 732 623.
For the names and contact details of politicians, please visit the Irish Government Website - http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist.
STAND UP FOR FOXES - ACTION ALERT 4
Contact Ireland's forestry board, Coillte, and demand an end to foxhunting on its property.
Sample Letter (If you have time, please compose your own personal letter. Ot
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31 days ago
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such a barbaric act of animal cruelty!!!Why r d gov allowing these beautiful animals to suffer?
