The last part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, to permit hare coursing has now banned the blood sport. A motion to outlaw the use of greyhounds to chase and kill hares was passed by a narrow majority – 23 to 18 – after a seven-hour debate at Stormont. The ban has been incorporated into the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Northern Ireland) bill. It is expected to come into force after the summer. Hare coursing, in which dogs compete with one another to hunt down a wild hare that has been released into an enclosure, had been curbed in Northern Ireland by recent conservation orders aimed at protecting the endangered Irish hare.
I am really glad to hear that they banned this. Before I read this article I had never even hear of ‘hare coursing’, but I cannot understand why anyone would find pleasure in watching that. I am honestly wondering why it is just now banned, these kind of ‘sports’ do nothing other than letting people see animals suffer and why any would want to see that is beyond me; these so called sports should all get banned and fast. I applaud Northern Ireland to finally ban this, a good decision on their part.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/23/northern-ireland-bans-hare-coursing
I am really glad to hear that they banned this. Before I read this article I had never even hear of ‘hare coursing’, but I cannot understand why anyone would find pleasure in watching that. I am honestly wondering why it is just now banned, these kind of ‘sports’ do nothing other than letting people see animals suffer and why any would want to see that is beyond me; these so called sports should all get banned and fast. I applaud Northern Ireland to finally ban this, a good decision on their part.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/23/northern-ireland-bans-hare-coursing
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