Trained hunting dogs stolen in Cork may be resold in Britain

GARDAÍ are investigating a spate of thefts of trained hunting dogs in the Cork area and it is widely believed that the animals are being sold on in Britain.

The country’s oldest beagle hunting club has had to relocate its kennels after it was broken into. Riverstown Foot Beagles club, which is 125 years old and based in Glanmire, was targeted by thieves who cut through the kennel’s fencing and stole three breeding bitches and six dogs.

The club’s assistant huntsman Richard Daly said one of the bitches was discovered the following day wandering in a farmer’s yard in Watergrasshill.