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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.

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FBD Insurance urged to scrap cruelty coverage FBD Insurance is being urged to stop providing coverage to those involved in some of Ireland's worst acts of cruelty to animals. An IFA Countryside/FBD Insurance package is providing cover to foxhunters, hare coursers and terriermen who are responsible for horrendous suffering and death to wildlife. More... | Sign Petition Tweet

Cruellest terrierwork pictures and video come from Ireland The director of the UK's Campaign for the Abolition of Terrierwork has noted that in his organisation's 10 years of collating animal cruelty, "the cruellest pictures and videos have come from Ireland." ICABS is renewing its call on Agriculture Minister, Simon Coveney to ban digging-out and terrierwork. More... Tweet

Wax Museum withdraws foxhunt discount "with immediate effect" The National Wax Museum has announced that a foxhunting-related discount offer has been "withdrawn with immediate effect". Following complaints from ICABS and members of the public, the museum apologised and said that it is not a supporter of bloodsports. More...

Read Animal Voice - Issue 4, 2013 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... Tweet

Taoiseach Enda Kenny: We want a ban on blood sports Join us in callng on Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore to ban foxhunting and hare coursing. Click on the tweet button to send a message to both. Tweet to @EndaKennyTD

SHAMEFUL DAIL VOTE FOR BARBARIC CRUELTY It was another dark day for Irish animals as a majority of TDs shamefully piled in to Dail Eireann to vote against Animal Welfare Bill amendments which sought to remove exemptions for hare coursing and fox hunting. More... Tweet Who voted for and against the amendments? Find out here Watch the RTE Six One News report | Listen to the Drivetime radio report

Photos show deer in Boyne following pursuit by hunt hounds Photos taken from the banks of the River Boyne last month show a deer desperately struggling to keep its head above water. Eyewitnesses clearly saw the animal, pursued by hounds of the Ward Union hunt, jumping into the swollen river. More...

Ask Adare Heritage Centre to stop promoting hunting Please join us in our appeal to Adare Heritage Centre in County Limerick to stop promoting hunting as a local tourist activity. More... | Sign the Petition

Drag coursing video shows there is no need for hares in coursing Video footage captured by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports last weekend shows that there is absolutely no need for hares in coursing. Witness drag coursing in action to see greyhounds enthusiastically chasing an artificial lure. More... Tweet

Ask Dunnes Stores to lift its ban on animal groups Dunnes Stores has banned animal groups from fundraising at its stores. Ask management at the supermarket chain to lift the ban and allow struggling animal groups to resume fundraising activities. More...

TDs condemn Clonmel coursing cruelty TDs Maureen O'Sullivan and Clare Daly have condemned the animal cruelty involved in Clonmel's coursing festival. In a joint-statement, they highlighted the suffering caused by the netting and coursing of hares and the illegal practice of blooding. More...

Renewed call for ban on hunting with hounds ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan TD, has renewed a call on the Minister for Agriculture to put in place a ban on hunting with packs of hounds. The appeal follows an horrific attack on a pet dog by a pack of hunting hounds in a Coillte forest. More...

It's barbaric: Green Cllr calls for hunting ban Green Party Councillor, Malcolm Noonan, has joined calls for a ban on foxhunting. The Kilkenny politician condemned the bloodsport as "barbaric". More...

Waterford TD, John Halligan, would welcome blanket ban on bloodsports ICABS has welcomed a statement from the office of John Halligan TD which outlines that he is "completely and utterly against any form of animal cruelty" and would welcome a blanket ban on bloodsports in Ireland. More...

Clonmel mayor criticised for "splendid" coursing comment The Mayor of Clonmel has been criticised by ICABS for referring to this weekend's coursing cruelty festival in the town as a "splendid occasion". Brought to his attention were the victims of coursing and the damage coursing does to Clonmel's reputation. More... | Sign our Petition

Horrific attack on pet dog by hunt hounds A pet dog is fighting for its life after being attacked by a pack of foxhunting hounds. The sickening incident occurred while the dog was being brought for a walk in a Coillte forest in Carlow. ICABS has urged both the Gardai and Coillte to investigate and take action against those responsible. More...

210 successful prosecutions for NPWS in six years The National Parks and Wildlife Service has secured 210 successful prosecutions in the past six years, according to details provided to ICABS President, Maureen O'Sullivan TD. With this averaging just over one per county per year, ICABS is urging the government to divert more funds into the Service. More...

Dramatic and on-going decline in Irish hare numbers The Irish Hare Initiative has called on Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to retract an "extremely misleading" claim that the "Irish Hare population is significantly increasing". More...

Speak out against blood sports Speak out against blood sports cruelty. Please sign our petition, add a comment and call on your local politicians to support a blood sports ban. Sign Now!

New ICABS leaflet exposes Ireland's blood sport cruelty A new Irish Council Against Blood Sports leaflet exposes the cruelty of hunting and coursing and encourages you to take action to help stop them. More...

Latest Dail Questions Read the latest Dail Questions from Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan (Independent, Dublin Central), Finian McGrath (Independent, Dublin North Central) and Deputy Patrick Nulty (Labour, Dublin West) in relation to hare coursing, fur farming cruelty and illegal animal traps. 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.

"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...

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