When reading the article below, keep in mind the fact that it refers to “Millstreet Country Park and Surrounds“, and that nothing is supplied that shows that the Park allowed hares to be removed, but that never got in the way of an organisation with an agenda. The Country Park have responded by saying that they allowed no hares to be removed from the Park.
The Irish Council Against Blood Sports has called on Millstreet Country Park to act to keep coursers out of its 500 acre nature attraction. A document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows that a total of 78 hares were removed from the park and its surrounds last November and December.
In a letter to the park, we commented that interference with the resident hare population is “contrary to the ethos of the country park which invites people to come to enjoy nature and discover the ‘exciting revelations within the animal kingdom’.”
An extract from a document obtained by ICABS. It shows that 78 hares were captured from Millstreet Country Park and surrounds late last year.from banbloodsports.com
I visited Millstreet Country Park last year and what a beautiful place. I hope this capturing of hares for coursing isn’t deemed to be an attraction of some sort because that would honestly put me off a return visit. I don’t see how people netting hares in the park will promote it as a tourist attraction. I imagine it would have the opposite effect, and I say as someone who absolutely loved the park.