Checkpoints are being set up in parts of Tipperary and Clare as part of a new drive to combat illegal hare hunting, a problem that is worsening across the country. Authorities agree that there is a ...
It can take the form of organised events in which dogs are assessed on their hunting skills by the use of live hares. It is illegal in the UK under section one of the Hunting Act 2004.
Police are appealing for information following a series of criminal incidents linked to hare coursing and trespassing on private land in Therfield, north ...