Calls have grown in recent years for coursing to be banned in Ireland - one of only three EU countries where it remains legal - due to concerns over the species’ welfare.
While the hares are released after the events, concerns have been raised that they do not all survive the return to the wild. In 2020, the National Parks and Wildlife Service started research into the survival and behaviour of hares released after coursing.
noteworthy_ie It is shocking that this savagery still exists
noteworthy_ie Next, these lunies will want us to stop eating animals..