Irish Council Against Blood Sports Gaelcomhairle in Aghaidh Fuilsport
PO Box 88, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland
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Witness the cruelty of blood sports in Ireland
Foxhunting
Hare coursing
Mink hunting
To witness the appalling cruelty of hare coursing, foxhunting and mink hunting, please click on the video links above. For more presentations exposing blood sports in Ireland, visit our Videos Page. Help highlight our campaigns by displaying the videos on your website. Thank you.
Animal Voice - August 2010 A round-up of all the latest campaign news and updates. Please respond to this month's featured action alerts and forward to all your friends. Thank you. More...
Join our appeal against ads for blood sport dogs Back in March, we thanked Wexford-based classified ads website Donedeal for updating its dogs policy and promising to prevent ads for blood sports dogs from appearing on its website. Sadly, ads for such dogs continue to be displayed on the site. More...
COURSERS GET CRUELTY LICENCE
Just weeks after an historic ban outlawing hare coursing in Northern Ireland, Minister John Gormley has issued a hare netting licence to coursers here in the Republic. The licence gives the go-ahead to another season of coursing cruelty from the end of September with the netting of hares starting this Saturday, August 14th. More...
Department investigating hare netting from islands
The Department of the Environment is investigating claims that hares were netted on two west coast islands last year without the permission of the landowners. Read more in the Irish Times report. More...
Disappointment expressed to NPWS over latest coursing recommendation ICABS has expressed disappointment to the National Parks and Wildlife Service over their latest recommendation to issue a licence to hare coursers to net thousands of hares. We reminded them of a report from May in which they reiterated that the conservation status of the Irish Hare is poor. More...
Pinned hare seen "hanging limp" from greyhound's mouth A hare pinned into the ground by two greyhounds was caught and carried away in the mouth of one of the dogs. A wildlife ranger observing the Trim coursing meeting last November said that the greyhound ran up the field with the "hare hanging limp". More...
ICABS complaint over coursing on BBC's Coast The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has complained to the BBC about a recent edition of its Coast programme in which coursing was portrayed in a positive light. Please respond to our action alert now. More...
Success: Lonely Planet removes bullfight images Lonely Planet has been thanked for removing two bullfighting-related images from its online Madrid gallery. The move came following an ICABS appeal in which we highlighted the cruelty of the activity and expressed concerns that the images could encourage tourists to visit bullrings. More...
Irish Times thanked for dropping cruel Larsen trap The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has thanked the Irish Times after a cruel bird trap was removed from its Reader Offers website. ICABS highlighted the suffering caused to magpies and other birds by the trap. More...
Campaign Video: Ban coursing in Ireland
The cruelty of hare coursing in Ireland. After watching the video, please respond to our urgent action alert. More...
Ward Union Hunt Is Finally Banned The Irish Council Against Blood Sports very much welcomes the passing of legislation in the Dail yesterday evening to outlaw the hounding of deer with a pack of dogs. The successful Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010 bans the Ward Union deerhunt which for 150 years has been terrorising tame red deer. More...
Please make a donation to ICABS Please consider making a donation to the Irish Council Against Blood Sports this month. We rely entirely on the generosity of our supporters to help ensure that our campaign goes from strength to strength. To make a donation today, click on the Paypal logo to the left or visit our Join ICABS page. Thank you very much.
Politicians and blood sports A newly updated list containing comments from TDs and Senators about hunting and coursing. After reading the list, please contact your local politicians to urge them to support legislation that will ban blood sports. Stress that their views on animal cruelty will be a major factor in your future voting decisions. More...
"Ban all blood sports": Socialist Party Youth Socialist Party Youth have called for a complete ban on blood sports in Ireland. Describing how foxes are "torn to pieces by the dogs" at the end of hunts, the group describes the blood sport as a barbaric practice. More...
Photo Gallery: Witness the cruelty of foxhunting in Ireland Visit our Photo Gallery on Flickr to see images showing the cruelty of foxhunting in Ireland. Please urgently contact your local TDs and ask them to support legislation to ban this disgusting blood sport. More...
Labour's shameful U-turn on cruelty
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports deplores the Labour Party’s decision to oppose the legislation to ban on the Ward Union deer hunt, which comes before the Dail today. More...
Hare coursing to be banned in Northern Ireland The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has welcomed the tremendous news that hare coursing is to be banned in Northern Ireland. Members of the Legislative Assembly voted 23 to 18 in favour of an amendment to the new Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill which will ban the blood sport. The amendment was tabled by UUP members Roy Beggs and Tom Elliott. More...
ONGOING ACTION ALERT
Save Irish foxes from hunting horrors: Action alert
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has launched a new leaflet which highlights the barbarity of digging out and terrierwork. Please join us in our renewed call to the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, to show compassion and outlaw these horrendous practices. More...
Please fax, post or email this poster to Minister Gormley Help the Hares. Please send a copy of our new campaign poster to Minister John Gormley. Ask him to revoke the current hare coursing licence, cancel the licence extension he has promised and put in place permanent protection for the hare species. More...
Help keep illegal animal traps out of Ireland Help keep illegal traps out of Ireland. If you see any of the following traps for sale in Irish shops (or being used here) please report them immediately - Nooski trap, electronic mouse and rat killers, glue traps and glue boards, the Mousemaster trap, unstopped snares, leghold traps. More...
"No Hunting" signs: please print and display
Attention landowners: please download and display our new "No Hunting" posters and close your entire property to hunts now. The posters are available in A4 and unmissable A3 sizes. More...
