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<p>Irish hares go a small bit whiter in winter, helping them blend in better with the landscape on frosty mornings and in snowy weather. Hares that live in the mountains are known to whiten their coats more so than lowland-dwelling hares</p>

outdoors

Anja Murray: Mad about March hares - and the case against coursing

Considerable opposition exists to hare coursing today — the idea of catching a wild animal and pitting it against a much larger, specially-bred pursuer, for human entertainment, is repulsive to many

<p>An Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) wearing a LOTEK Ltd. Litetrack RF60 collar after release back into the wild. The red dots show the hare's GPS locations for one week. In this example, the average step length was 68m/hr, the furthest single movement was 530m with the animal travelling on average 1.7km/24hrs and 11.6km/week. Picture: Neil Reid</p>

outdoors

Donal Hickey: What happens to coursed hares when they are released?

<p>The number of wildlife-aircraft collisions are increasing by up to 68% annually in some countries, and has caused damage that has cost in excess of $103m in the United States alone over a 30-year period, a study found. File picture: Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile</p>

news

Hare deaths at Dublin Airport studied in bid to reduce 'runway roadkill'

Julian Assange extradition case

news

Pamela Anderson urges Taoiseach to ban hare coursing in Ireland

Donal Hickey: Protect our Irish hares

home and gardens

Donal Hickey: Protect our Irish hares

Department hopes myxo threat to doesn't spread to Irish hares

home and gardens

Department hopes myxo threat to doesn't spread to Irish hares

'This is a first': Man avoids jail for stealing hares from coursing club

'This is a first': Man avoids jail for stealing hares from coursing club

The unusual theft of nine hares from a coursing club resulted yesterday in a young man avoiding a conviction for taking them.

Thu, 05 Jul, 2018