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Ask Kilkenny's Springhill Court hotel to disassociate from coursing
A hotel that wished luck to a coursing club has been told that hares were injured and died at the meeting. Kilkenny's Springhill Court hotel, which is part of the Brennan Group of Hotels, stated in a coursing booklet advert: "the best of luck to Sevenhouses coursing club".
In an appeal to the Brennan Group, ICABS presented disturbing details from a National Parks and Wildlife Service report which show that at this year's Sevenhouses coursing meeting, 12 hares were hit by greyhounds, 1 hare was killed, 4 hares were injured and 1 hare was put down because of injuries.
Another hotel in the chain, the Clonmel Park Conference Leisure & Spa Hotel, has also been previously criticised for its association with coursing. Hare coursing was publicised on its website while a hotel advert in a coursing booklet welcomed coursers and stated that coursing videos would be shown nightly at the hotel.
"It is incredible that a modern hotel chain unashamedly associates with an animal cruelty activity which causes injury and death to hares," we stated in an email to the company. "From a business perspective, it is surprising that you don't take into consideration the fact that businesses which back animal cruelty risk being shunned by potential customers among the majority who oppose bloodsports."
ACTION ALERT
Please join us in appealing to the Brennan Hotels group to act with compassion and fully disassociate its hotels from coursing cruelty.
Monica O'Byrne
Sales and Marketing Director
Brennan Hotels Group
Email: monica@brennanhotels.com
Mr Seamus O’Carroll
General Manager:
Springhill Court Hotel
Waterford Rd, Kilkenny
Email: socarroll@springhillcourt.com
Tel: +353 56 7721122
Fax: +353 56 7761600
Springhill Court Hotel Facebook Page
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