In County Clare, eight hunt hounds that savaged sheep to death were then shot by farmers. This is further shocking and incontestable evidence of the havoc hunting inflicts on the countryside.

There has been a huge outcry against the killing of a giraffe at Copenhagen zoo, and the feeding of its carcass to lions, while people watched.

Animal rights activists are planning a major protest in Co Tipperary today as the country's largest annual hare coursing event gets underway in Clonmel.

REPRESENTATIVES of animal protection groups will today protest at the finals of the national coursing meeting in Clonmel.

THOUSANDS of hare coursing fans are due to descend on Tipperary for the annual three-day national championships.

Thousands of hare coursing fans are due to descend on Ireland for the annual three-day national championships.

ANTI-BLOOD sports campaigners are planning to mount protests at next month’s national coursing meeting in Clonmel for the first time in more than a decade.