Drag Coursing (humane alternative to hare coursing)

Drag coursing is the humane alternative to live hare coursing.

This footage of a drag coursing meeting was filmed in Listry, County Kerry in March 2013. It is proof that there is no need for hares in coursing - the greyhounds enthusiastically chase, and re-chase, the artificial lure.

Urge Minister Heather Humphreys not to issue a licence for another season of hare coursing.

Email "Stop the cruelty. Don't license hare coursing" to ministers.office@ahg.gov.ie,Heather.Humphreys@oireachtas.ie
Tel: (01) 888 2000

Express your support for a ban on coursing. Sign a petition:

Save Irish hares from cruel coursing
https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/minister-simon-coveney-replace-hare-coursing-with-drag-coursing

Minister Heather Humphreys: Don't License Cruel Hare Coursing
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Minister_Heather_Humphreys_Dont_License_Cruel_Hare_Coursing/edit/

Appeal to the Minister for Agriculture

Please appeal to the Minister for Agriculture to remove an exemption for hare coursing from the Animal Health and Welfare Act.

Simon Coveney, TD
Minister for Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture House,
Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Email: Simon.Coveney@oireachtas.ie
Tel: 01-607 2884 or LoCall 1890-200510.
Fax: 01-661 1013.

Urgently contact An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and ask him to back a ban on hare coursing.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny
Department of the Taoiseach,
Government Buildings,
Upper Merrion Street,
Dublin 2
Telephone: 01-6194020
Fax: 01-6764048
Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie

Contact all your local TDs now. Demand that they urgently push for a ban on hare coursing and all bloodsports. Tell them you are one of the majority who want coursing banned. Remind them that coursing is already illegal in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Urge them to respect the wishes of the majority of the electorate and back a ban.

Music: "Look Back In" by Moby