Tony Blair's only answer to any of his many problems appears to be BAN it.The sooner we BAN him and his New Labour Party the better for our society as a whole.
It is clear that the brown hare is strong and healthy in those areas where hunting and coursing take place.
In those areas where it doesn't(like the north of Scotland)the brown hare is in serious decline as reported in the Aberdeen Press and Journal.Do you want the Irish hare to suffer a similar fate?
Where will it end, we can't enjoy life anymore! - you can't do this, you can't even smoke where you want any more - democracy - I think not!Our choosen way of life is at risk if we let them get away with this!
The 'banners' are on a role. They will attack anything and everything now that hunting appears damaged. Fishermen, shooters etc. beware - you are next!
Support for hare coursing...Tony Blair hangs on the coattails of G. Bush. Bush would NEVER ban hunting, neither should Blair. You are taking away the mystique and charm of England...and someday, we won't have Sainsbury or Winn Dixie...we will have an economic collapse...and those who can hunt will eat.
Ms Anglea Smith has outwardly put her own predjudice ahead of the needs of a country and its wildlife. This is 'Direct Rule' from Westminster shown openly at its worst; which will do nothing in assisting the Irish peace process and thereby the communities that hunt in Northern Ireland and south of the borders. Devisive poltics makes devisive communities.
I am a follower of the Dummer Beagles in Gloucestershire.
Parliament has insisted on a ban in England and Wales, without proper consideration of the facts.
Prejudice of this kind in Northern Ireland is bigotry at its worst.
This government bends over backwards to support the needs of all other minorities, EXCEPT, it seems, when it comes to countryside issues. They seem hell bent on sniffing out and destroying anything that, in the past, had the slightest whiff of being "elitist" or "traditional". They must NOT be allowed to shoulder the important responsibility of governing our nation much longer. They must be rooted out of power and placed on the political dungheap to rot.
