Editor: At the end of last year, the Minister for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan astonishingly voted against legislation that aimed to ban fox hunting and save our native wild dogs from horrendous cruelty and death. Meanwhile, a Bill to ban hare coursing was overwhelmingly defeated in the Dáil on July 8 by 125 votes to 24. Minister O’Sullivan, whose department disgracefully enables coursing by issuing hare capture licences, is abundantly aware of the associated suffering.
