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At a Court in County Meath 3 men who were caught by the Wild Life Officers ably assisted by the Gardai were found to have been Hunting Hares without a licence. When Gardai and the wildlife officers arrived on the scene of the crime they observed 2 dead hares lying under a car, they also observed 3 men and a pack of dogs, none of them Greyhounds chasing other Hares. The wildlife officers seized the dead hares and under examination they found one to be male the other a heavily pregnant female. Three charges were brought against each man and they were fined 1,000 on two of the charges with the benefit of the probation act applied on the third charge. This is the first conviction gained by the wild life officers and now sets a precedent for future cases.
What breed of dogs had they... sight or scent hounds? I know the season for hunting with scent hounds is late september to St Patricks day.... up here anyway I used to hunt a lot with a pack of foot harriers
At a Court in County Meath 3 men who were caught by the Wild Life Officers ably assisted by the Gardai were found to have been Hunting Hares without a licence. When Gardai and the wildlife officers arrived on the scene of the crime they observed 2 dead hares lying under a car, they also observed 3 men and a pack of dogs, none of them Greyhounds chasing other Hares. The wildlife officers seized the dead hares and under examination they found one to be male the other a heavily pregnant female. Three charges were brought against each man and they were fined 1,000 on two of the charges with the benefit of the probation act applied on the third charge. This is the first conviction gained by the wild life officers and now sets a precedent for future cases.
Good news.....these people take far more hares in a night than a season of coursing clubs account for
Lee Anthony Unsworth United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 332 Dogs 1 / Races 0 05 Oct 2011 13:47
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Seamus Casey wrote:
At a Court in County Meath 3 men who were caught by the Wild Life Officers ably assisted by the Gardai were found to have been Hunting Hares without a licence. When Gardai and the wildlife officers arrived on the scene of the crime they observed 2 dead hares lying under a car, they also observed 3 men and a pack of dogs, none of them Greyhounds chasing other Hares. The wildlife officers seized the dead hares and under examination they found one to be male the other a heavily pregnant female. Three charges were brought against each man and they were fined 1,000 on two of the charges with the benefit of the probation act applied on the third charge. This is the first conviction gained by the wild life officers and now sets a precedent for future cases.
Police in Eire and Uk should have better things to do with there resources. As always looking for soft targets instead of solving REAL crime that impacts on communities. If the said offenders were caught hunting hares thru the summer months whilst the Hare is breeding i have no sympathy. If it was during the Hunting season its a fecking discrace.
Lee over here in Ireland Coursing Clubs need 6 difference licenses in order to Catch.....keep....course and release hares......all of these steps are over seen by a Vet and a Wildlife officer...The hare is a protected animal.
It is not OK for anyone whoi feels like it to go out killing pregnant hares. If these people want food for the pot there are rabbits that are unprotected.
Stephen Lynn Ireland (Verified User) Posts 31 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Oct 2011 14:58
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a hare v a good lurcher in the winter nothing can compare.very few are killed as the hare is on its own patch not copped up in a wee pen.
unfortunately these boys hunt with at least 4 lurchers giving a hare no chance
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a hare v a good lurcher in the winter nothing can compare.very few are killed as the hare is on its own patch not copped up in a wee pen.
John Brennan (Navan) Ireland (Verified User) Posts 656 Dogs 15 / Races 0 05 Oct 2011 16:38
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The men were named in the local press. One from Louth and 2 from galway
Mary Crotty Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1116 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Oct 2011 18:43
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they deserve to be fined i cant see much fun out of a pack of dogs after 1 hare,not alone are they hunting with a pack of dogs they are out lamping at night ,hope the guards get a lot more of them.
Don't think I know anyone that hunts with collies or whippets Conor, like yourself I work over in County Meath and only know what is been reported in the papers. I know the wildlife boys are based in Navan only know them from them visiting our meeting at Christmas.
At a Court in County Meath 3 men who were caught by the Wild Life Officers ably assisted by the Gardai were found to have been Hunting Hares without a licence. When Gardai and the wildlife officers arrived on the scene of the crime they observed 2 dead hares lying under a car, they also observed 3 men and a pack of dogs, none of them Greyhounds chasing other Hares. The wildlife officers seized the dead hares and under examination they found one to be male the other a heavily pregnant female. Three charges were brought against each man and they were fined 1,000 on two of the charges with the benefit of the probation act applied on the third charge. This is the first conviction gained by the wild life officers and now sets a precedent for future cases.
lee anthony unsworth wrote:
Police in Eire and Uk should have better things to do with there resources. As always looking for soft targets instead of solving REAL crime that impacts on communities. If the said offenders were caught hunting hares thru the summer months whilst the Hare is breeding i have no sympathy. If it was during the Hunting season its a fecking discrace.
You're kind of contradicting yourself there, solve real crime and then you've no sympathy for them if they're caught.?
Don't think I know anyone that hunts with collies or whippets Conor, like yourself I work over in County Meath and only know what is been reported in the papers. I know the wildlife boys are based in Navan only know them from them visiting our meeting at Christmas.
Sorry, mightn't have made myself clear Seamus. I didn't mean the hunters... If you get my drift.
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Gabriel Brown Ireland (Team Member) Posts 3190 Dogs 0 / Races 0 05 Oct 2011 21:06
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Not offten the like's of me, get's the chance to ask the likes you for ID lol.
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Lee Anthony Unsworth United Kingdom (Verified User) Posts 332 Dogs 1 / Races 0 07 Oct 2011 09:35
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Conor Byrne wrote:
lee anthony unsworth wrote:
Seamus Casey wrote:
At a Court in County Meath 3 men who were caught by the Wild Life Officers ably assisted by the Gardai were found to have been Hunting Hares without a licence. When Gardai and the wildlife officers arrived on the scene of the crime they observed 2 dead hares lying under a car, they also observed 3 men and a pack of dogs, none of them Greyhounds chasing other Hares. The wildlife officers seized the dead hares and under examination they found one to be male the other a heavily pregnant female. Three charges were brought against each man and they were fined 1,000 on two of the charges with the benefit of the probation act applied on the third charge. This is the first conviction gained by the wild life officers and now sets a precedent for future cases.
Police in Eire and Uk should have better things to do with there resources. As always looking for soft targets instead of solving REAL crime that impacts on communities. If the said offenders were caught hunting hares thru the summer months whilst the Hare is breeding i have no sympathy. If it was during the Hunting season its a fecking discrace.
You're kind of contradicting yourself there, solve real crime and then you've no sympathy for them if they're caught.?
No Connor im not contridicting myself. Iv said if they were hunting - coursing during the summer months iv no sympathy and they deserve all they get . If imo it was from end of september thru till beginning of march im 100% all for coursing be it to rules with Greyhounds or with Lurchers. The Hunting Ban was and still is a terrible piece of legislation.
Johnny Moyles Ireland (Verified User) Posts 5878 Dogs 45 / Races 0 07 Oct 2011 10:28
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Lee
The objective of coursing is to test and judge the athletic ability of the dogs rather than to kill the hare.
Coursing is supposed to be 2 dogs let off a fair distance after a hare.
4 dogs and a lamp is nothing short of scandalous. This is why the legislation is there to protect the hare.
Martin Sweeney Ireland (Verified User) Posts 1193 Dogs 0 / Races 0 07 Oct 2011 11:15
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Fair deuce to the wildlife services for getting this to court as quite simply put it is against the law what they were doing,and more times than not it is us coursing supporters that get the blame for this type of activity.We Coursing people operate under the under the ICC rules which is legal.
This is the place for friends of the traditional hare coursing.
