Irish Coursing Club president, Brian Divilly, forcibly removes two Irish Council Against Blood Sports monitors from a hare coursing meeting in Powerstown Park, Clonmel on 1st February 2014. <br /> <br />As they try to film the hare running for its life on the field, Brian Divilly grabs both female observers by their arms and forcefully pulls them away. <br /> <br />This video shows what happens and includes footage, filmed earlier on that day, of one of the hares running for its life from greyhounds. <br /> <br />Join the campaign against Ireland's cruel hare coursing. <br /> <br />Click on "Campaigns" at http://www.banbloodsports.com <br /> <br />Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/banbloodsports <br />Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/banbloodsports <br /> <br />Please make a donation to the Irish Council Against Blood Sports <br /> <br />We rely entirely on your generosity to continue our campaigning for an end to blood sport cruelty. Please become a supporter of our work today - click on the Paypal button at www.banbloodsports.com to make a donation or send a cheque made payable to ICABS to ICABS, PO Box 88, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, Ireland. Thank you very much. <br /> <br />*** ACTION ALERT *** <br /> <br />Express your support for a ban on coursing. Sign a petition: <br /> <br />Minister Coveney: Save Irish hares from cruel coursing <br />https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/minister-simon-coveney-replace-hare-coursing-with-drag-coursing <br /> <br />Ban horrific Hare Coursing Cruelty in Ireland <br />https://www.change.org/petitions/taoiseach-prime-minister-of-ireland-support-a-bill-to-ban-the-cruel-practise-of-live-hare-coursing-in-ireland <br /> <br />Stop sponsoring hare coursing in Ireland <br />http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-sponsoring-hare-coursing-in-ireland# <br /> <br />Urgently contact An Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny and An Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Eamon Gilmore. Ask them to ban hare coursing and give permanent protection to hares. <br /> <br />An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny <br />Department of the Taoiseach, <br />Government Buildings, <br />Upper Merrion Street, <br />Dublin 2 <br />Telephone: 01-6194020 <br />Fax: 01-6764048 <br />Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie <br /> <br />An Tanaiste, Eamon Gilmore <br />Office of the Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, <br />Iveagh House, <br />80 St. Stephen's Green, <br />Dublin 2. <br />Tel: 01 6183566 (Dail) <br />Tel: 01 408 2000 (Iveagh House) <br />Fax: 01 408 2400 <br />Email: eamon.gilmore@oireachtas.ie <br /> <br />Appeal to the Minister for Agriculture <br /> <br />Please appeal to the Minister for Agriculture to remove an exemption for coursing from the Animal Health and Welfare Act. <br /> <br />Simon Coveney, TD <br />Minister for Agriculture <br />Department of Agriculture <br />Agriculture House, <br />Kildare Street, Dublin 2. <br /> <br />Email: Simon.Coveney@oireachtas.ie <br />Tel: 01-607 2884 or LoCall 1890-200510. <br />Fax: 01-661 1013. <br /> <br />Contact all your local TDs now. Demand that they urgently push for a ban on hare coursing and all bloodsports. <br /> <br />Find out their contact details <br />http://www.banbloodsports.com/contact-tds.htm <br /> <br />Please also arrange a meeting with your TDs at their local clinics.
