Letter to the Editor: Animal cruelty not the preserve of urban dwellers

A motion calling for an end to State funding of the greyhound industry has provoked a backlash from some politicians.

A motion calling for an end to State funding of the greyhound industry has provoked a predictable backlash from some politicians who repeat the old mantra about an “attack on rural Ireland” and a “part of our heritage.”

In the past the same politicians rushed to the defence of hare coursing and fox hunting.