Letters to the Editor: Dáil Éireann condemns foxes to further persecution
The bill to ban fox hunting in Ireland was defeated in the Dáil by 124 votes to 24 last week. File picture: Maxwell's
During the covid lockdown, people nationwide reconnected with nature, rediscovering the great neglected wilderness.
It was during those oppressive, deeply worrying days and nights of lockdown that many people welcomed foxes into their gardens, fields, village squares, laneways, or parks. Many a friendship was struck up between hard-pressed humans observing draconian medical advice and this attractive red dog of the countryside.
