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Join our appeal against ads for blood sport dogs
02 September 2010
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...

Disappointment expressed to NPWS over latest coursing recommendation
27 August 2010
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
26 August 2010
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...

Success: Lonely Planet removes bullfight images from Madrid gallery
25 August 2010
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...

ICABS complaint over coursing on BBC's Coast
25 August 2010
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...

Irish Times thanked for dropping cruel Larsen trap
24 August 2010
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...

Department investigating hare netting from islands
24 August 2010
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...

Landowners: Help save the Irish Hare
18 August 2010
With a licence from Minister John Gormley, Ireland's coursers are currently netting hares for their cruel blood sport and will continue to do so over the coming months. The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is calling on landowners to act to keep coursers out and save hares from the cruelty of coursing. More...

Coursing cruelty highlighted on LMFM
17 August 2010
ICABS Campaign Director, Aideen Yourell, highlighted the cruelty of hare coursing on LMFM last Friday. In a debate with the CEO of the Irish Coursing Club, Aideen told listeners about the suffering and death caused to hares by coursing clubs. More...

Destroyed: Hare with dislocated hip
17 August 2010
One of the victims of coursing last season was a hare suffering with a dislocated hip. According to a veterinary report relating to the Ardpatrick and Kilfinane coursing club, the creature was destroyed because of the injury. More...

Coursers get cruelty licence
12 August 2010
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...

New Slideshow: Illegal traps in Ireland
12 August 2010
Check out our new Flickr slideshow which presents some of Ireland's illegal animal traps. If you spot any of these cruel traps being used or sold, please report them immediately. More...

FALSE: ICC suggestion that all hares are released
11 August 2010
ICABS has described as false a suggestion by the Irish Coursing Club CEO that "all captured hares" are released back to the wild after coursing. In a letter published in the Daily Mail, we highlighted some of the victims from last season that died in captivity. More...

Action Alerts
06 August 2010
Please visit our new Action Alerts page for quick and easy access to all the latest ICABS action alerts. Simply click on the links and an email message will be automatically created. Add your name to the end and send! Thank you. More...

National Parks and Wildlife Service asked to remove hunting links
06 August 2010
The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been asked by ICABS to remove links to hunting licence forms from the homepage of its website http://www.npws.ie/en/ The links are to application forms for "Hunting Fauna in State-Owned Foreshore" and "Capture/Kill Protected Wild Animals for Educational or Scientific Purposes". More...

Minister Gormley urged to stop licensing coursing
03 August 2010
ICABS is calling on Environment Minister, John Gormley, to stop issuing licences for the cruel blood sport of hare coursing. Please support our action alert now. More...

New campaign: Ban cruel Larsen traps
30 July 2010
ICABS is calling on Minister John Gormley to ban cruel Larsen traps. The traps are used to catch magpies and other birds. Before being brutally killed, they will be overcome with the fear and stress of confinement. Some will suffer thirst, hunger and starvation while others will sustain broken beaks and cut heads from futile attempts to smash their way to freedom. More...

Bullfighting banned in Catalonia
29 July 2010
ICABS has welcomed the tremendous news from Catalonia that the Parliament there has voted to ban bullfighting in the region. We congratulate all the parliamentarians who voted in favour of the ban and also the campaigning groups and individuals around the world who tirelessly worked to bring the barbaric activity to an end. More...

Animal Voice: July 2010
27 July 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...

Labour Party TDs urged hunting group to "keep up the pressure"
16 July 2010
ICABS has learned that a number of Labour Party TDs urged a pro-hunting group to "keep up the pressure" ahead of the Dail vote on the Wildlife Amendment Bill which banned carted deer hunting. More...

Beginning of the campaign against the Ward Union hunt (1991)
16 July 2010
An article from a 1991 edition of the Irish Council Against Blood Sports' Animal Watch newsletter marks the beginning of our campaign against the Ward Union Deer Hunt. 19 years on and the Ward Union was banned after a majority of TDs voted in favour of the Minister John Gormley's Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010. More...

What's wrong with hunting? ICABS replies to Mary O'Rourke's Dail question
15 July 2010
During a Dail debate on the Wildlife Amendment Bill, Westmeath TD Mary O'Rourke asked "What could possibly be wrong with hunting?" ICABS has today written to Deputy O'Rourke to remind her how hunting is cruel from beginning to end - from the moment foxes are chased out of their habitats to the point when they are knocked off their feet and disembowelled. More...

Clonmel Chamber of Commerce asked to Stop Promoting Coursing Cruelty
14 July 2010
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has called on Clonmel Chamber of Commerce to stop promoting the blood sport of hare coursing. On its website and in a Discover Clonmel brochure, the chamber describes the local cruelty festival as "a colourful and unique sporting occasion". More...

"Ban all blood sports": Socialist Party Youth
13 July 2010
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...

Labour's animal welfare U-turn is a "shameful deception": Mary White, TD
05 July 2010
Green Party Deputy Leader, Mary White, has described the Labour Party's opposition to the ban on staghunting as "another shameful deception of voters". More...

Labour Party criticised for voting against staghunt ban
02 July 2010
Despite many Labour Party TDs previously expressing their opposition to blood sports (including stag hunting), most of the party's TDs voted AGAINST a ban on the Ward Union. More...

Ward Union Ban: "Tony would have been proud"
01 July 2010
Independent TD and friend of ICABS, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, has said that the late Tony Gregory would have been proud of the ban on the Ward Union hunt. More...

ICABS thanks Deputy Tommy Broughan for vote abstention
01 July 2010
ICABS has sent a message of thanks to Dublin North East TD, Tommy Broughan, after he abstained from voting in the Wildlife Amendment Bill vote on Tuesday. Deputy Broughan has been "kicked out" of the Labour Party for not following his party colleagues in their shameful opposition to the bill which banned staghunting. More...

Senator Bacik thanked for refusing to vote against stag hunt ban
01 July 2010
ICABS has thanked Senator Ivana Bacik for refusing to vote against a ban on the Ward Union. The Irish Times has reported that the Labour Party senator abstained in a Seanad vote on the Wildlife Amendment Bill. More...

Did your TDs vote for or against the staghunt ban?
30 June 2010
Find out if your Dail representatives were among the majority who voted in favour of banning the Ward Union hunt. Watch a pre-vote debate and the final historic vote on the Oireachtas website. We encourage you to thank all TDs who voted in favour of the ban and make a complaint to those who voted against it. More...

ICABS applauds Minister John Gormley and the Green Party on the success of staghunt ban
30 June 2010
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports applauds Minister John Gormley and his colleagues in the Green Party for the success of the Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010. This historic piece of legislation bans the cruel Ward Union hunt. It was introduced by Minister Gormley and he and his fellow Green Party TDs worked to ensure that it secured majority support in Dail Eireann for Tuesday evening's crucial vote. More...

WARD UNION HUNT IS FINALLY BANNED
30 June 2010
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...

Labour TDs reminded of their anti-blood sports views ahead of vote to ban cruel Ward Union deerhunt
29 June 2010
ICABS has reminded Labour Party TDs of their previously stated anti-blood sports views. We are urging the TDs to stand by their principles and vote in favour of the Wildlife Amendment Bill. The party has stated that they will be opposing the bill. More...

Fianna Fail Councillor Shane Cassells conveys majority support for ban
28 June 2010
Meath Councillor, Shane Cassells, has stated that a majority of people in his constituency are in favour of a ban on the Ward Union hunt. The Fianna Fail politician is a member of Meath County Council and Navan Town Council, Youth Officer for Fianna Fail in Meath and a former mayor of Navan. ICABS welcomes his statement and has thanked him for voting against a pro-blood sports motion last month. More...

Majority want Ward Union BANNED - Latest poll
28 June 2010
A majority want the Ward Union banned, a Sunday Independent poll has confirmed. The poll, conducted by Quantum Research, shows that a 60 per cent majority want politicians to bring the cruel activity to an end. More...

URGENT ACTION ALERTS - Ban the Ward Union hunt
25 June 2010
We need your help with a selection of urgent action alerts. Please get involved now and help bring the Ward Union hunt to an end. Forward the action alerts to family members, friends and colleagues and ask them to join you. Thank you. More...

Dail debate on Ward Union ban - What did your TD have to say?
24 June 2010
Read the full transcript of the Dail Eireann debate on the Wildlife Amendment Bill / Ward Union ban on the Oireachtas website. More...

Watch Live NOW: Dail debate on Ward Union ban
24 June 2010
Watch the Dail Eireann debate on the Wildlife Amendment Bill / Ward Union now on the Oireachtas website. Watch Now (Click on icons to the right of Dail Eireann) Watch a recording of the 24th June debate Watch Now

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council calls for Ward Union ban
24 June 2010
A motion calling for John Gormley to outlaw staghunting has been passed by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council. ICABS applauds Councillor Victor Boyhan for tabling the motion and the seven councillors who voted in its favour. More...

Labour's shameful U-turn on cruelty
24 June 2010
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...

Will Labour support the deerhunt ban?
23 June 2010
On the eve of the debate on the proposed legislation to outlaw the Ward Union carted deer hunt, the Irish Council Against Blood Sports asks the Labour Party where they stand on the issue. Please join us in contacting the party. More...

Hare coursing to be banned in Northern Ireland
23 June 2010
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...

Fine Gael Road Safety Spokesperson is challenged on Ward Union support
11 June 2010
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has challenged Fine Gael's Road Safety Spokesperson, Shane McEntee, on his support for the Ward Union deerhunt. "How can you justify supporting this hunt which for years posed a road safety risk to motorists in Counties Meath and Dublin," we asked the Navan-based TD. More...

Compassionate Cavan Councillors thanked for not supporting hunting motion
04 June 2010
Four members of Belturbet Town Council - Paddy Brady, Peggy Gray, Elizabeth McDermott and Michael Lee - have been thanked by ICABS for not supporting a pro-hunting motion. Despite their compassionate stance, the motion expressing objection to a staghunting ban, was narrowly passed by a margin of one. More...

Meath Councillors "should be ashamed of themselves"
02 June 2010
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has strongly criticised the Meath County Councillors who voted in favour of a motion supporting stag hunting. "They should be ashamed of themselves," stated ICABS spokesperson Aideen Yourell. "They do not represent the views of the vast majority of Meath people who are opposed to the Ward Union." More...

Animal Voice: May 2010
01 June 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...

Ask Labour Party to vote in favour of a Ward Union ban
27 May 2010
Please join us in our appeal to the Labour Party to vote in favour of the Wildlife Amendment Bill 2010 which will ban the Ward Union hunt. The party says it has "not yet taken any formal decision" in relation to the bill - despite the fact that many of its TDs (including the party's leader) have expressed opposition to blood sports in the past. More...

Success: Hotel thanked for removing foxhunting info from brochure
27 May 2010
ICABS has thanked the Mount Wolseley Hotel for removing information about foxhunting from its promotional brochure and website. In a Visitors' Guide to Outdoor Activities, the hotel had previously included details of hunts in Carlow, Kilkenny and Wexford. More...

Nature park confirms no permission given to coursers to net hares
26 May 2010
The management of Millstreet Country Park have informed the Irish Council Against Blood Sports that they did not give permission to a coursing club to net hares in their 500 acre nature attraction. The park was responding to correspondence from ICABS in which we brought to their attention a Millstreet Coursing Club form which states that 78 hares were captured in "Millstreet Country Park & Surrounds" late last year. More...

Stagg's stunning U-turn on blood sports
21 May 2010
Labour Party TD, Emmet Stagg, has recently said that he sees "nothing wrong with stag hunting" and that he will vote against the legislation that will ban the cruel activity. This deplorable stance is in stark contrast to his views in the early Nineties when he expressed his full support for the ICABS campaign. Find out what he said then and what he is saying now. More...

"Phoney war is being waged by Fianna Fail backbenchers"
18 May 2010
An editorial in the Irish Times has pointed to the "phoney war being waged by Fianna Fail backbenchers against animal rights legislation". The paper has also criticised opposition to the legislation by Fine Gael and some Labour Party TDs as "a shabby, short-sighted exercise that does not reflect the legislative intent". More...

"I am absolutely against this horrific activity": Cllr Victor Boyhan
14 May 2010
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Councillor, Victor Boyhan, has given the thumbs up to a ban on the Ward Union. "I am absolutely against this horrific activity," Cllr Boyhan declared, branding the deerhunters a "barbaric lot". ICABS has thanked this compassionate councillor for his valued support. More...

"You have given me food for thought": Senator Feargal Quinn
13 May 2010
A senator who was a member of the Ward Union Hunt 20 years ago has been asked to consider the cruelty of hunting and give his support for a ban. Senator Feargal Quinn was told about one of the latest victims of the hunt - a deer that collided with a car, suffered a fractured leg, hobbled away in pain, was restrained by hunters and later was shot in the head. More...

"It's unnecessary suffering. It's as simple as that": Ward Union cruelty condemned at meeting
07 May 2010
A Trinity College law professor has condemned the Ward Union deerhunt as "a gratuitous act" of cruelty. Speaking at a public meeting last Monday, Prof William Binchy, said that it was "so clear" that the deer terrorised in the hunt are subjected to unnecessary suffering. More...

IFA asked to clarity position on blood sports
06 May 2010
The President of the Irish Farmers Association has been urged to clarify its stance on blood sports. The call comes following a claim that the IFA's Vice President has "given his organisation’s support" to a pro-blood sports campaign. More...

ICABS responds to Senator who "cannot discern where cruelty is involved"
06 May 2010
A Fine Gael Senator who stated that he "cannot discern where cruelty is involved" in carted deerhunting has been provided with a list of victims of the Ward Union. "After reading the list, we hope that you can recognise that this activity is very cruel," ICABS stated in an email to Senator Paul Coghlan. More...

Labour's Willie Penrose asked to show compassion
05 May 2010
In an Irish Times report, the Labour Party's Willie Penrose TD stated that he "would not support the bill [that will ban carted deerhunting]". Please join us in appealing to Deputy Penrose to show compassion for the animals that suffer and to give his full backing to the bill. More...

Major Public Meeting RE Deerhunt Ban
29 April 2010
On Monday, May 3rd, a major public meeting will take place at 12 mid-day in the Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, with a panel of eminent speakers opposed to the Ward Union Hunt. Please attend this important event. For more information, please visit the Irish Animals Forum website. More...

Ward Union deer shot dead with bolt gun
23 April 2010
The Ward Union deer that was hit by a car during a hunt last December, was shot dead with a bolt gun it has emerged. The creature, which was fleeing from the pack of hounds at the time of the collision, suffered a fractured leg before a vet recommended that it be killed More...

Animal Voice: April 2010
23 April 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...

Majority support a ban on Ward Union
22 April 2010
An opinion poll carried out by the Irish Times has found that at least two out of every three people support legislation that will ban the Ward Union deerhunt. The hunt was described by those who voted in the poll as "unjustifiable", "uncivilised", "disgusting", "inhumane" and "barbaric". ICABS has brought the result to the attention of all TDs to remind them of the majority opposition across Ireland to the hunt. More...

The Bill that will ban carted deer hunting
20 April 2010
Environment Minister, John Gormley, has today published the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010 which will "ban the practice of stag hunting with a pack of hounds". The publication of the bill marks a historic day in the campaign against blood sports in Ireland. Please contact your local TDs now and encourage them to vote in favour of the Bill. More...

ICABS criticises milk group over pro-hunting stance
16 April 2010
ICABS has expressed disgust to the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association after it referred to carted deerhunting as a "humane country activity" and claimed that the ban on the Ward Union is "unwanted". The group has been told about the cruelty of deerhunting and presented with the results of an opinion poll which show that a majority want the hunt banned. More...

Politicians and blood sports
9 April 2010
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...

ICABS responds to Ruby Walsh's hunting statement
8 April 2010
ICABS has responded to a claim by jockey Ruby Walsh that going hunting is "the best way to learn to ride". Galloping after a pack of dogs as they push a frightened animal across the countryside would undoubtedly be viewed by most as the least desirable way to learn, we stated. More...

Mobile Phone Action Alert: Stop the Ward Union
8 April 2010
Please download our latest mobile phone action alert and forward to your friends by MMS or email. Sending the image will help bring our important alerts to a wider audience. Thank you for your help. More...

New ICABS leaflet exposes deerhunting cruelty
2 April 2010
A new leaflet published by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports documents some of the horrendous suffering caused to deer by the Ward Union hunt. The leaflet has been brought to the attention of all Ireland's TDs as part of our appeal to them to support legislation banning the hunt. More...

News - 2010
March 2010
25 Cruelty of blood sports highlighted on RTE's Frontline
19: Donedeal drops ads for dogs used in blood sports
19: Blood sports debate this Monday on RTE's Frontline
16: Another Ward Union deer chased into river
12: Cowardly hunters run scared of RTE's Frontline
12: Happy St Patrick's Day 2010
12: Hotel presents foxhunting as a local activity
04: Galway TD urged to support Ward Union ban
04: Queen's university's hare research criticised
03: ICABS tells bishop: Clergy blessing hunt dogs is inappropriate
02: Farmer "angry that a hunt came across his land without permission"
February 2010
26: Urge Labour and Fine Gael to back ban on staghunting
24: Animal Voice Magazine: Issue 1, 2010
17: Westmeath Senators criticised for defending hunters and coursers
17: Ward Union "putting people’s lives at risk"
11: Success: Pet company stops coursing-related competition
05: "No exemptions for hunts": Ask your TDs/Senators to act
04: Protestors call for ban on cruel hare coursing
02: Positive response to GOAL appeal
January 2010
07: Cancel the licence extension: Renewed appeal to Minister Gormley
26: ICABS responds to Kevin Myers' pro-hunt article
26: Animal Voice: January 2010
20: Urgent appeal to Minister: Don't exempt hunts from fees
19: Revoke licence "on public safety grounds": Deputy O'Sullivan
19: Peaceful protest against coursing: February 3rd
19: I support ban on Ward Union: Fianna Fail Cllr Noel Leonard
14: Hunt ban legislation will be published "as soon as possible"
14: Success: Hospital will no longer associate with Ward Union
13: ICABS responds to Carberry's hunt ban comments
12: Praise for Irish Kidney Association for refusing hunt fundraiser
12: Please send this letter to Enda Kenny
12: Please fax, post or email this poster to Minister Gormley
08: Success: Travel company thanked for matador removal

News - 2009
December 2009
23: Happy Christmas from all at ICABS
23: Green TD's astounding suggestion to deerhunt: hunt foxes or hares instead
18: Legislation to outlaw grotesque hunt will be introduced
18:Cruelty to horses in Waterford: Renewed appeal for information
16:Revoke hunt's licence before someone gets killed
09:Species Protection Unit questioned over coursing licence
03:Animal Voice - December 2009
01:Ask Irish MEP to stop defending fur farming
November 2009
27: Val Falvey producers asked to stop trivialising dogfighting
27: Success: Online card company thanked for removing bullring cards
25: John Gormley to extend coursing season into March 2010
12: Success: Shop fined €500 for unlawful glue traps
11: Revealed: Minister Gormley's licence for coursing cruelty
04: Horrendous - Spain's "bull on fire" event
04: Ban digging out and terrierwork: please support our campaign
04: Please join the rally for animals on December 6th
October 2009
23: Success: MySpace thanked for removing foxhunting advert
22: Fine Gael challenged on blood sports stance
22: Offaly protest highlights suffering of hares
21: Urgent appeal to Google: "Stop advertising foxhunting"
20: Animal Voice - October 2009
14: The animals get my vote
13: ICABS responds to vet's defence of cruel coursing
12: Carted deerhunt ban in sight
09: Gormley grants coursing AND deerhunting licences
07: "I'm no fan of coursing": RTE's Pat Kenny
September 2009
25: Animal Voice: Issue 11 2009
22: Complaint to Fianna Fail over Ned O'Keeffe's pro-coursing comment
22: Gormley trying to secure "eventual abolition of hare coursing"
18: Please report breaches of the Wildlife Act
18: Tom and Jerry book publisher asked to remove "Bullfighter Tom"
17: Gormley ignored appeal from RSPCA Vice-President
16: GORMLEY GRANTS HARE NET LICENCE
15: John Gormley Issues 2009-10 Hare Coursing Licence
11: Vodafone thanked for withdrawing advert
10: Animal Action Alert image for mobile phones
10: Great news for NI hares: Proposal to extend protection till 2010
10: Minister John Gormley - No more coursing licences
08: Run the mini-marathon and help raise funds for ICABS
04: Sinn Fein TD's pledge to get blood sports motion rescinded
03: Animal Voice - "Save the Hares" Edition
August 2009
25: Animal Cruelty Investigation Group joins calls for end to coursing
18: Irish Hare Initiative calls for coursing licence refusal
18: "Stop publicising foxhunting": Join our appeal to RTE TV
13: Protest against Minister Gormley's coursing licences
05: Greek Green Party appeal to Minister John Gormley
July 2009
23: Minister Gormley - Stop Licensing Coursing (New Action Alert Poster)
17: Gerry Ryan criticised over upbeat Pamplona bullrun coverage
14: Help keep illegal animal traps out of Ireland
08: University equestrian club told not to engage in foxhunting
02: Aer Lingus thanked for removing matador image
02: Animal Voice Newsletter - June July 2009
June 2009
26: Hunting the Innocent: a poem about the plight of foxes
26: Rangers & hunting holidays issue still being examined
25: French tourism body urged to end bullfight promotion
19: Lonely Planet to increase emphasis on opposition to bullfighting
09: Renewed appeal to Buy & Sell to stop listing dogs used in blood sports
05: Mutilated coursing dogs found dumped on Limerick beach
04: Investigation into allegations of hunt holidays organised by NPWS rangers
May 2009
29: "Ban Bullfighting News" Magazine - Download Now!
21: ICABS praises Irish MEPs for supporting EU ban on seal products
20: Mooney show criticised for fox misinformation
20: 10,066 dogs killed in Irish pounds last year
15: Paddy Power ceases cruel bullfight bets
13: Distribution of illegal Nooski animal trap stopped
08: Unlawful animal traps seized in Kildare following ICABS action
08: Ask Portuguese mayor to stop July bullfights
07: Minister Gormley shown photos of deer being dragged out of river
06: New Action Alert Poster - Stop badger snaring
01: Defence Minister "fully supports" ICABS campaign
April 2009
30: Animal Voice Newsletter - April 2009
29: Ban digging out and terrierwork: appeal to Agriculture Minister
29: ICABS videos viewed 1/2 million times
29: New campaign posters - please print and display
24: HSE hospital prevents swallows from accessing nest
22: Deer hunted for two and a half hours and captured in river
17: Ranger narrowly avoids killing Ward Union deer
07: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, TD calls for ban on blood sports
03: Ask Spanish town to exclude bullfighting from fiesta
01: Follow ICABS on Twitter
01: New Campaign Video: Ban Coursing in Ireland
March 2009
26: Animal Voice - March 2009
26: New Action Alert Poster
20: Concern that hound attacks "could result in the death of a child"
20: Church asked to reject hunters' "blood money"
18: Cruelty in Yucatan: "Pertinent measures be will taken"
18: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, TD calls for ban on blood sports
12: Bullfighting dropped from Andrea Bocelli concert display
07: Protest at Green Party conference today
06: Animal Voice Action Alerts - Issue 1 2009
04: Sinn Fein backs blood sports ban
03: Buy & Sell urged to stop listing hunting dogs
February 2009
27: Animal Voice - February 2009
26: Elderly couple left traumatised after hounds maul cat to death
24: Sunday Times exposes horrors of badger baiting in Ireland
17: Stop the cruelty: Join our appeal to Mexican Ambassador
12: VISA urged to "Stop giving money to shooting group"
11: Traffic chaos as deer hunt strays on to public road
06: Join our appeal to Boylesports to stop sponsoring coursing
04: RTE's Drivetime show criticised for broadcasting coursing results
03: Cancelled: protest against coursing
03: ICABS responds to columnist's pro-hunt remarks
03: Keep coursing out of sports coverage: Appeal to RTE
January 2009
01: Stag forced to swim across Boyne to escape hunters
02: Deep sadness at death of Tony Gregory, TD - the Animals' Champion
11: Tributes to Tony Gregory
00: Protest against hare coursing - 4th February 2009
22: Another cat brutally attacked and killed during hunt
30: Failte Ireland removes blood sports content

News - 2007
December 2007
21: Animal Voice - December 2007
19: Restricted licence for Ward Union deer hunt
18: Hunt is illegal, say eminent legal experts
18: ICABS Christmas appeal to landowners
13: New Poster: Download and Display today!
13: Anti-hunt campaign is "well organised" says hunt group
06: Tony Gregory questions Ministers about foxhunt cruelty
06: Predictable outcome as foxhunters investigate themselves
06: ICABS Christmas Cards - Download now!
05: The truth about foxes: new ICABS slideshow
04: Beverley Flynn TD urges Minister to refuse deerhunt licence
November 2007
23: Call for Garda investigation into alleged foxhunt incident
22: ICABS responds to misinformation from deerhunt supporters
22: Farm group wants Ward Union banned
21: Pro-hunt email doesn't reflect company opinions: Sherry Fitzgerald
16: The Ward Union Hunt - Cruel from beginning to end
08: Animal Voice - Print and distribute today!
07: New mobile phone campaign video - Download now!
06: Meath majority want Ward Union banned
02: Animal Voice - November 2007
October 2007
31: Arthur Morgan, TD urges "total ban" on Ward Union
25: Senator Bacik joins calls for Ward Union ban
24: Deer chased on to "busy public road"
23: Tony Gregory reminds Minister about deerhunt cruelty
23: Terence Flanagan, TD joins calls for end to deer hunt
19: Ward Union deer choked to death in wood
18: Iarnrod Eireann contacts hunt about reported track trespass
18: The cattery fox
17: New mp4 campaign video - Download now!
17: ICABS responds to Cllr's call for mink elimination
16: Withhold hunt licence: Labour Party leader
16: Hunters slam Ward Union carted deer hunt
05: Animal Voice - World Animal Week Special Edition
05: Details emerging about dead Ward Union deer
04: Bishop advocates mercy towards all creatures
03: Gardai asked to tackle crimes against animals
02: Tony Gregory questions Minister about blood sport licensing
02: Happy World Animal Week
02: ICABS videos viewed 1/4 million times
02: ICABS responds to Paul Carberry deer claim
September 2007
28: ICABS blasts "coursing is humane" claim
27: Fox in the garden
26: The beauty of Irish wildlife
25: Animal Voice - September 2007
20: Ban this despicable blood sport
19: Meath TD slammed for defending animal cruelty
14: Scrap the matador avatar
14: Hare suffering evidence presented to former Minister
13: Westmeath coursing club refused licence
13: Kathy Sinnott, MEP joins calls for blood sports bans
07: Coursers get go-ahead from Minister
06: Tony Gregory urges Minister to ban coursing
05: Witness the cruelty of blood sports in Ireland
31: Latest appeal: Print and post today
31: Swiss Greens support ICABS appeal to Irish Greens
31: Hare "squealed with distress": more coursing cruelty uncovered
August 2007
31: No more in-flight bullfights
30: Green Party urged to honour pre-election pledge
28: Video: Paddy Power - Stop the bloody bullring bets
23: Paddy Power's grotesque bullfighting bets
22: Minister Gormley implored to end hare coursing
22: Anti-bullfight ad rejected by French watchdog
09: Take the hare out of coursing
07: New anti-bullfighting leaflet
03: Positive coverage for fox in newspaper
02: Join our call for licences to be refused
July 2007
31: Foxhounds pose danger to human health
27: Thomas Cook removes bullfighting from websites
25: "You have my full support": Sean Hughes
25: New Bill promises proper protection for animals
24: Former matador reveals bullfighting's hidden horrors
19: Slatterys thanked for removing bullring from tour
19: Boycott bullfighting: ICABS appeal to holidaymakers
18: Bullfighting is not a "cultural highlight"
17: Podcast guides for foxwatching enthusiasts
12: Animal Voice - 2007 Anti-bullfighting Special Edition
10: Dublin-based company recommending bullfight visit
06: Unlawful trap appeal
05: Drop bullring from Spanish tour: appeal to Slatterys
June 2007
29: ICABS on Bebo
29: Campaign against fiesta involving chasing of bull into sea
29: Spanish bank asked to withdraw bullring adverts
29: AA asked to drive bullfighting out of travel guides
28: Stop making fun of bullrunning: appeal to Unilever
27: Pepsi contacts Mexican bullring following ICABS appeal
27: AIB to delete bullrun from radio advert
26: We got it wrong with bullrun prize: 2FM
22: Bullring visit in Abbey Travel itinerary
20: Lastminute.com removing bullfighting references from website
20: Unilever urged to drop bullrun TV ad
20: Biggest ever anti-bullfight protest in Spain
19: Companies asked to stop supporting Lisbon bullfighting
19: Coria cruelty
15: Candy killer in bad taste
14: Ticketmaster asked to stop selling bullfight tickets
13: Drop bullrun prize: appeal to 2FM and SEAT
13: Coursing club fined for illegally hunting hares
12: Lastminute.com presenting bullfighting as "attraction"
07: The barbarity of bullfighting in France
01: An historic day in anti-bullfighting campaign
May 2007
31: Boycott Bullfighting Blackspots
30: Ryanair's Michael O'Leary poses as matador
30: Major hotel operators remove bullfighting from website
23: Animal Voice - Special Edition - 2007 General Election
15: Blood sports views of Irish politicians
10: Corrie star supports our campaign
10: Tony Gregory No. 1
10: Greens poised to ban blood sports
10: Fox hunters are the pests
03: Animal Voice - May 2007
02: Fianna Fail committed to coursing continuing
April 2007
27: Musician withdraws from pro-hunt concert
26: Coursing listed in Eagle Star calendar
25: Environment Minister does NOT support foxhunting
20: Irish majority want foxhunt ban: latest opinion poll
20: Coca Cola removes advert's bullrun scene
19: No plans for bans: Fine Gael
10: Socialist Party would support blood sports ban
05: Aer Lingus regrets offence caused
05: Bullfighting - a hellish nightmare for animals
04: Animal Voice - April 2007
March 2007
29: Aer Lingus recommends visit to bullfight
29: Cancer Society asked to honour anti-hunt promise
28: "Vulpine suicide" - the foxes chased to their horrific deaths
28: The campaign continues, Kildalkey residents assured
21: Stop publicising blood sports: appeal to Limerick websites
21: Fine Gael would NOT ban hunting: claim
16: ICABS Dublin Support Group invites you to join
15: Bertie Ahern pictured with blood sport groups
15: Go wild this holiday weekend - Happy St Patrick's Day 2007
13: Woman "severely injured" after being bitten by hunt hounds
07: Bishops consider blood sports at meeting
06: Hunt literature removed from midlands tourist offices
02: Department cruelly snaring badgers - and pets
02: Iarnrod Eireann to contact hunts about trespass
01: Exhibit true picture of hunting: appeal to Laois Council
February 2007
28: Terror as hunt invades farmyard
21: New nature gallery
16: Animal Voice - February 2007
15: Shannon Development to stop publicising hunting
15: Ganly Walters re-establishes anti-hunt policy
13: The fox and the fruit
09: ICABS Goes Mobile at banbloodsports.com/wap
07: Tony Gregory raises Ward Union issue in Dail Eireann
07: Property Partners remove hunt reference from website
07: Bullrunning - on the Coke side of life
06: Renewed call for coursing ban as cruelty continues
06: Drag hunting option "a possibility": Ward Union master
02: New declaration seeking EU ban on bullfighting
02: Farming group demands deer hunt ban
01: ICABS TV: Hunts on Roads
January 2007
31: Call for licence withdrawal as deer hunt resumes
31: ISPCA joins calls for hunt ban
30: Ranger vacancies in blood sport black spots
30: Hunt paintings show only half the story
26: Call for Garda Inquiry into Deer Hunt Cruelty
26: Ireland's rarest mammal on the increase
25: Ward Union suspend carted deer hunt
24: Bedlam as Ward Union invades school playground
23: Some unpleasant truths about hunting
19: Animal Voice - Winter 2006-07
19: Cat killed during hunt
11: We'll end blood sports: Greens
10: Teagasc removes fox destruction webpage

News - 2006
December 2006
15: ICABS TV - Exposing Blood Sport Cruelty to the World
12: Animal Voice - December 2006
06: Property hunting: estate agent lists blood sport
November 2006
30: Otter decline sparks fresh call for mink hunt ban
18: Animal Voice -
17: Coursing: hare "almost completely broken off"
09: ICABS Christmas Cards - Download now!
08: Rally for animals on December 10th
03: Horrendous - Spain's "bull on fire" event
September 2006
29: Another season of terror begins
08: Hunts on roads: Gay given evidence
01: Stop coursing, release hares
August 2006
31: De Rossa pressing for ban on cat and dog fur trade
30: Ban bull-bird barbarity
25: Thumbs up for draghunting on TG4
24: I've no plans to ban coursing: Minister O'Donoghue
18: Animal Voice -
16: Failte Ireland's anti-hunt move welcomed
15: Tourism body reminded of hunt barbarity
08: ICABS benefit gig - great music and a great cause
08: Ryanair recommends visit to cruel bullrun
01: Animal Voice - 2006 Bullfighting Edition
July 2006
13: Boycott bullfighting black spots
05: Bank apologises for foxhunt advert
June 2006
28: Company thanked for removing website's bullfight content
28: Horses - the forgotten victims of bullfighting
23: Animal Voice -
21: Response to Sean Power's coursing comments
15: Green TD calls for complete coursing ban
15: Coursing views voiced during Dail debate
01: Offaly coursers lose licence
01: Northern Ireland: Majority oppose blood sports
May 2006
31: Irish company publicises bullfighting
25: IFA is "selling out": anti-hunt farming group
23: Benjamin Zephaniah expresses support for ICABS campaign
23: Hare Cam
April 2006
21: Department snarers condemned as "blackguards"
19: Pearse Brothers "totally opposed" to coursing: Senator Margaret Pearse
07: Near miss for biker as hunt encroaches on to main road
06: Call for crackdown on sale of illegal traps
06: Trespassing hunts will be "dealt with severely": farmers group
05: Scrap falconry centre: Renewed appeal to County Council
March 2006
31: Sports minister evades greyhound doping questions
30: Disappointing performance from Ronaldo
24: Hare protection extended in North as hunt season extended in Republic
23: "Pure evil": the use of terriers in blood sports
22: Vinnie Jones' winning greyhound "involved" in positive drug test
21: The Impact of Enclosed Hare Coursing on Irish hares
17: Happy Saint Patrick's Day
16: McCririck condemns whipping of race horses
16: Future Ryanair newsletters to be bullfight-free
10: Animal Voice -
08: Shocking photos show why coursing must be banned
07: Protest against barbaric slaughter of seals in Canada
03: Pressure mounts for hares as beagling licence issued
February 2006
24: Ambulance slowed down during hunt
16: Rangers nail cruel bird trapper
15: Run for the animals this summer
03: Coursing cruelty captured by media
January 2006
31: Animal Voice - January/February 2006
27: Majority want live hare coursing banned
27: Coursers told to bog off
20: Paddy Power asked to disassociate from blood sport
20: Pet food company "will not be sponsoring" coursing event
18: Applications invited for biodiversity fund
13: Shock Disease and Irish Hares
12: BBC highlights UK hunters in Ireland
00: International protest against hare coursing

News - 2005
December 2005
23: Christmas Greetings from ICABS
14: Ban Blood Sports in 2006 - New Petition
09: Help rid Ireland of cruel glue traps
08: Animal Voice - December 2005
08: ICABS Christmas Cards - Download now!
07: Minister questioned about Ward Union hunt
02: Candle light vigil for Irish animals
November 2005
30: Two deer hounded to death during Ward Union hunt
18: Photo: Captive hares in coursing enclosure
09: Animal Voice - Autumn-Winter 2005
04: Animal Voice - November 2005
02: Chorus flier suggests trip to cruel bullrun
October 2005
25: How can I help get blood sports banned?
20: Halloween 2005 - Campaign Poster
20: Tax exemption for hunts: Minister Cowen questioned
13: Coursing fixtures list revealed
12: Scrap falconry centre: Appeal to County Council
September 2005
30: End bullfighting in France
21: Deer hunt licensed for 2005-06 season
20: Corrie's Kate urging fur boycott
16: Animal Voice - September 2005
14: Coursers get licence for 2005-06 season
02: Hunters may benefit from Stena's ferry discount
August 2005
26: Urgent appeal to Minister Dick Roche
July 2005
14: Five found guilty over Kildare dog fight
07: Is Ireland in breach of EU Habitats Directive?
06: Stop promoting bullfighting: appeal to Abbey Travel
06: "No more cruelty festival funding": appeal to Failte Ireland
June 2005
24: Call for Garda investigation into pig massacre
24: Hares and Rabbits Fact Sheet
21: Minister considers concerns over coursers' compliance
09: Heritage Council classifies hare as a "declining species"
02: Animal Voice - June 2005
May 2005
24: Joe Higgins asks Minister to stop licensing coursing
13: Irish Bishops don't condone hunt blessings
05: Holidaymakers - Make your holiday cruelty-free!
April 2005
28: Urgent need for full hare protection
26: Animal Voice - April 2005
22: ICABS launches new online petition
01: I love hare coursing: Tipperary TD
March 2005
31: Species Action Plan - Feedback invited
29: Dail rejects Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill
23: Coursers to get 296,000 Euro of taxpayers' cash
17: New Petition: Cuirtear cosc le spóirt fola in Éirinn i 2005
10: Canada: Stop the baby seal slaughter
08: Animal Voice - March 2005
February 2005
23: Minister shoots down proposal to open nature reserves to hunters
18: ICABS welcomes British hunt ban
15: Tony Gregory questions licensing of Ward Union
09: Shocking BBC report exposes deerhunt
02: Latest Dail Questions from Tony Gregory
01: Coursing opposed by eight in ten
January 2005
31: Appeal to Minister - Make this the last ever coursing cruelty fest!
28: Stress and Capture Myopathy in Hares
21: Proposal to ban bullfighting in France
14: Animal Voice - January 2005
14: Badger extermination "not viable" say Irish researchers
06: Hare species - protected in Northern Ireland, persecuted in Republic
05: Ban Blood Sports in 2005 - New Petition

News - 2004
December 2004
23: Trevor Sargent calls for end to coursing licences
22: Minister urged to stand firm on state lands policy
16: Foxhunt trespass highlighted in Dail
08: Controversial deerhunt licence revealed
08: Candle light vigil for Irish animals
02: Animal Voice - December 2004
November 2004
16: ICABS plea to British Government: No Compromise On Cruelty
11: Coursing season details revealed
02: "China Daily" criticises Shanghai bullfights
October 2004
27: Animal Voice - October 2004
20: Latest Dail Q&A from Tony Gregory
16: Halloween 2004 - Campaign Poster
13: UCC foxhunting debate - this evening!
12: Call for ministerial inquiry into sport horse cruelty
08: "Man About Dog" film has got it wrong
07: No funds to coursers in "last ten years"
September 2004
28: Swatch Watch ends RDS Hunt Chase sponsorship
22: Coursing claims are absurd: Conservationists
21: Animal Voice - September 2004
15: ICABS congratulates UK Government on Hunting Bill
09: Celebs tell Tony Blair: Keep your hunt ban promise
07: New Campaign Poster - Download and display today!
03: Snared badger suffers horrific injuries
August 2004
31: Priest plugs cruel hunt
27: New Campaign Poster - Download it Now!
19: Urban Foxes
12: ICABS launches campaign postcards
July 2004
30: Animal Voice Newsletter - Summer 2004 Edition
16: Failte Ireland endorses blood sports festival
13: Lodge protest against Pamplona bull run
07: Stress and Capture Myopathy in Hares
June 2004
30: Irish rugby jersey auctioned at hunt cruelty fundraiser
29: Ban bullfights in Catalonia
02: Coca-Cola order removal of bullring banner
May 2004
25: Taxpayers want coursing outlawed, not grant-aided
19: Help expose illegal cockfighters
April 2004
27: Campaign to help protect goats from shooters
27: New fox photo gallery
07: Barcelona declared anti-bullfighting city
06: Foxes not a major cause of lamb losses
01: Irish Greyhound Board questioned about coursing
March 2004
31: Animal Voice - April 2004
23: Minister questioned about legality of Ward Union
17: Banish blood sports from Ireland
14: Star Sunday exposes millionaire members of hunt
11: Kane report damning of Ward Union
11: Deerhunt plea to Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice
10: Carted Deer Hunting: New leaflet launched
10: Carted Deer Hunting: Latest Images
04: Government "subverting protection of animals legislation"
04: National Parks to remain hunter-free
03: Ban Barcelona Bullfighting
February 2004
25: Shocking badger kill figures released
24: €14,642,869.33: Government grant to Punchestown Centre
04: Renewed Call for Humane Alternative to Hare Coursing
January 2004
20: Minister refuses to implement humane alternative to coursing

News - 2003

Stop Abbeyfeale Coursing - Urgent Appeal to Ministers (December 23rd)
Coursing banned in Northern Ireland (December 19th)
The "Nauseating Nonsense" of foxhunters (December 4th)
Urgent appeal to Minister Walsh: Stop the badger cull 'charade' (November 6th)
Farmers Against Foxhunting and Trespass group formed (November 5th)
Save the hares in Dungannon (October 23rd)
Northern Ireland moves to protect the Irish hare (October 14th)
Visit our new campaign websites (September 30th)
Make this the last ever hare coursing season (September 17th)
Hunting gone from GoIreland.com listings (September 10th)
Nationwide search for illegal leghold traps (August 29th)
Paddy Power and hare coursing (July 3rd)
Foxhunting removed from Bord Failte website (July 25th)
Goodyear remove billboard from "TG4 bullring" (July 11th)
Pat Rabbitte clarifies blood sports stance (July 9th)
"Irish badger cull is slaughter masquerading as science" (June 4th)
"I love bullfighting": TV's Hector (May 29th)
Campaign Against Bull Abuse in Coria (May 21st)
Bord Failte promotes foxhunting in Ireland (April 10th)
Hunters told to stay off public roads (March 28th)
EU subsidises bullfighting bulls (March 12th)
New Issue of Animal Watch (March 11th)

News - 1999-2002

Coursing Cruelty Video Evidence (15/10/02)
Foxhunts use emotional blackmail to gain access to farmers' lands (07/08/02)
Eircom/The Star Glamorise Bullfighting (13/06/02)
Coursing abuse and deceit revealed (04/02/02)
Hunters back in Coillte forests (12/10/01)
Scotland to ban hunting with dogs (20/09/01)
Speared to death: Linoso is dead (19/09/01)
Success for ICABS Letter Writers (17/08/01)
Is church property now off limits to Blazers? (17/12/00)
Night hunting/trespass proposals dropped from Bill
Death of brave anti-cruelty campaigner, Vicki Moore
Avril Doyle bloodsport declaration fails
Irish MEP calls for EU support for animal cruelty
Minister Gives Blessing to Staghunt Cruelty
Galway Blazers Cruelty Exposed
Minister has AG's advice on legality of staghunt

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