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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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There is no law allowing hunts on private land

Media coverage of rural crime has emphasised criminal elements that terrorise rural communities within a vacuum of light-touch judicial application.

Culling badgers is State sponsored savagery

Hare licence approval is wet of Humphreys

State-sanctioned animal abuse reflects moral decay

Cub-killing is a warm-up for fox-hunting season

Referendum on animal rights

The proposed children’s rights referendum will mark a turning point in the treatment of children in this country.

Sat, 14 Jul, 2012

Veganism a step in the right direction

WITH all of the negative news in the media, World Vegan Day on November 1 is an example of an ever-increasing group of people who do their utmost to live compassionate lifestyles and to have a light footprint on the earth’s resources.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2011

Red kite killer must be charged

THE shooting dead of a red kite in Co Wicklow proves some firearm owners operate via the motto, “If it flies, it dies.”

Sat, 01 Sep, 2007

Guns in the field can become guns in the kitchen

THE tragic event in Wicklow involving the deaths of three people in a domestic situation calls into question the need for having firearms in the family home.

Sat, 04 Aug, 2007

Before you indulge in seasonal feast, think how the bird might have died

AS the Christmas season approaches, many Irish people will be getting ready to order their dead birds and cuts of dead flesh for the dinner table.

Wed, 29 Nov, 2006

Circuses need new acts not animals

“YOU’RE wasting your time protesting here,” a circus ringmaster informed me. “We don’t have any wild animals. We only have horses and an elephant.”

Mon, 31 Jul, 2006

Charities used for bloodsports PR

ONE of the more disgusting elements of the pro-bloodsports campaign is the use of charities by hunt organisations as part of their public relations efforts.

Mon, 08 May, 2006

Nothing done

IN Joe Walsh’s time at the Department of Agriculture nothing positive was done for animal welfare.

Mon, 23 Aug, 2004

Drag coursing the better of two evils

RECENTLY, the Minister for Arts, Sports & Tourism, John O’Donoghue, informed an Irish animal welfare organisation that his officials raised the issue of introducing drag coursing with the Irish Coursing Club, but were told that “coursing greyhounds would not follow a drag” and that “drag coursing would be unpopular“.

Mon, 09 Feb, 2004