Kennel shut down over howling hounds
The Carbery Hunt kennels, which have been at the Old Military Barrack Mill for the past 80 years, were ordered to close yesterday despite a number of attempts to quieten the animals with piped music and electronic “bark busters”.
The foxhounds listened to pop music and talk radio shows, including Ray D’Arcy, in a bid to distract them, houndsman John Roche said. Hunt organisers installed a high-pitched electronic dog silencer, the “bark buster”, but it was blown off a wall by the wind and the dogs chewed it up.
