Support the Bill to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland 🦊 Background & call to action here 👉 iwt.ie/support-the-... @banbloodsports.bsky.social @irishenvnet.bsky.social #BanFoxHunting

Leap into action for foxes and help get fox hunting banned in Ireland: 🦊 Contact TDs and political party leaders: banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/u... 🦊 Sign the ‘Ban Fox Hunting’ petition: my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊🙏

More than 29,000 sign Uplift petition calling on the Irish Government to "ban the hunting of foxes with packs of dogs". Have you signed yet? my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Please contact your local Fianna Fail / Fine Gael & Sinn Fein TDs and urge them to vote in favour of Ruth Coppinger TD’s Animal Health & Welfare (Ban On Fox Hunting) Bill when it returns to Dail Eireann on Wednesday 17th December. Find contact details at banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/u...

Join NARA's "Ban Fox Hunting Leafleting Session" this Saturday 13th December from 12 noon to 2pm at Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Dublin www.facebook.com/events/87995... #BanFoxHunting #FoxHuntingBill 🦊

Join us for a #BanFoxHunting protest outside Dáil Éireann, Kildare St, Dublin - this Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 1pm. Thank you. 🦊

Contact all your TDs and urge them to back a ban on cruel fox hunting. Find contact details at www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/t...

‘Foxes are native to Ireland and feature prominently in folklore. They play an important ecological role as predators of non-native species and as scavengers that remove decaying organic matter from the countryside’ - Ecofact x.com/EcofactEcolo... 💚🦊

Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys shamefully performed opening ceremony at game fair which featured hunters and hunting hounds • Organisers said the event was a “platform for the promotion & defence of country sports in Ireland” banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/h... #aras25 #aras2025

In 2016, Heather Humphreys rejected calls to shut down hare coursing "on the grounds there are strict controls for the sport and such a ban would hit rural areas" • In coursing, 1000s of hares are snatched from the wild and forced to run for their lives www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20... #Aras25

Support Dog Advocacy Ireland's peaceful demonstration in Dublin - Saturday 4th October, 2pm to 5pm starting at the Garden of Remembrance and finishing at Merrion Square Park.

"Fox hunting is a remnant from our colonial past. It’s not okay to do this to any living creature. We’re not going to stop until we get this atrocity eliminated from our country” - National Animal Rights Association www.naracampaigns.org/ban-fox-hunt... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

"Fox hunting must be banned. The humans who hunt the foxes and kill the cubs must find another hobby. Shame on them all.” - New Ross SPCA. #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

Support Dog Advocacy Ireland's peaceful demonstration in Dublin - Saturday 4th October, 2pm to 5pm starting at the Garden of Remembrance and finishing at Merrion Square Park.

Presidential Election 2025: Heather Humphreys - shamefully voted in favour of more than €84 million in state grants to dog-killing greyhound racing • Catherine Connolly - “I have serious difficulty with greyhound racing.” Voted against state grants to greyhound racing. #aras25 #aras2025 #pe25

I am not going to vote for Heather Humphreys because of her support for cruel hare coursing - Read John Fitzgerald’s letter in the Irish Mail on Sunday www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #aras25 #pe25 #Ireland #AnimalCruelty

Irish foxes are waiting for the day when newspapers run with the headline: "Fox hunting is outlawed" - Read John Tierney's letter in the Irish Daily Mail banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/l... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

During Biodiversity Week, James Browne TD stated: "Respecting our wildlife means protecting them". We are calling on the Minister to respect and protect Irish Hares by refusing 2025-26 licences for cruel hare coursing. ACTION ALERT ➡️ banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/m... #BanHareCoursing 🐰

"Fox hunting is despicable and should be wiped out. I would be dead against any kind of cruelty to animals" - Pearse Stokes, Kildare Wildlife Rescue 💚🦊 #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

"My Lovely Horse Rescue is opposed to the hunting of animals with dogs...Hunted animals experience unnecessary and substantial suffering. We do not consider subjecting any animal to this experience to be acceptable as a form of sport or entertainment." www.mylovelyhorserescue.com/animal-welfa...

"Fox hunting must be banned. The humans who hunt the foxes and kill the cubs must find another hobby. Shame on them all.” - New Ross SPCA. #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

"77% of Irish people are anti-fox hunting. People do love foxes generally" - Joe Duffy, Presenter, Liveline, RTE Radio 1 (4 March 2025). #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

Sadly today many animals spend their short miserable lives in windowless sheds, pumped full of antibiotics, suffering a great deal more than their predecessors in the 18th century - Read Joan Burgess's letter in the Irish Examiner www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

In a race at Tralee track yesterday (8 July 2025), greyhound Tarbert suffered a bad fall and did not register a finishing time. [Video: Greyhound Racing Ireland / CC BY 4.0 licence]. Don't go greyhound racing. #Ireland #BanGreyhoundRacing

“Hounds found and a fine dog fox was spotted slipping away and a nice dash ensued” - Foxes terrorised by pack of 21 dogs at shameful North Kerry hunt banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/07/f... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #SaveOurFoxes #BanFoxHunting

"Fox hunting is a remnant from our colonial past. It’s not okay to do this to any living creature. We’re not going to stop until we get this atrocity eliminated from our country” - National Animal Rights Association www.naracampaigns.org/ban-fox-hunt... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

"Fox hunting and hare coursing: The Irish Wildlife Trust is opposed to these cruel activities and believes they should be banned." iwt.ie/what-we-do/c... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanHareCoursing #BanFoxHunting

A strong case could be made that hare coursing is in breach of the EU Habitats Directive - read John Fitzgerald’s letter in the current edition of The Avondhu www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #BanHareCoursing #EU #AnimalCruelty

"The Social Democrats have a longstanding policy in favour of a ban on fox hunting and bloodsports in general. We will be supporting Deputy Coppinger’s Bill" - Padraig Rice TD www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1... #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy (#Longford #Westmeath) has claimed that the cruel bloodsport of fox hunting is “well regulated”. Deputy Troy was told that it's not possible to regulate the appalling cruelty out of fox hunting banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/r... #Ireland #Cruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

“I will support this Bill”: Labour Party TD Conor Sheehan has promised to back a ban on cruel fox hunting in Ireland banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/c... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Political Focus: Mary Hanafin who is seeking a nomination to run in the presidential election - As a FF TD in 2005, she shamefully voted against a ban on fur farming. As a Councillor, she voted in favour of a motion which described foxes as a “problem” banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/p...

Support the National Animal Rights Association protest - tomorrow Tuesday 1st July, 1pm outside Dail Eireann, Kildare Street, Dublin. The protest coincides with the first stage introduction of the Animal Health & Welfare (Welfare of Pigs) Bill 2025 www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb... 🐷🐖

"Leopardstown is becoming an absolute joke in the summer now", the venue is "completely dead” and has "accepted now that it's done" - "Attendance crisis" at Leopardstown Racecourse banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/28/a... #Ireland #RejectRacing

A fox who desperately ran for his life, with a pack of hounds “only yards behind”, was caught and killed during a Scarteen Foxhounds hunt in County Limerick banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/f... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting💚🦊

4 trainers are winning 44% of all prize money in Irish taxpayer-funded horse racing, research has shown • Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott, Gavin Cromwell, and Henry de Bromhead claimed €13.7 million of €30.9 million on offer in 2023 www.wlrfm.com/sport/four-t...

It’s bad enough that horses have to contend with jockeys using whips to “encourage” them, without having to run in sweltering heat - read John Fitzgerald’s letter in the Irish Daily Mail banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/l... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #RejectRacing

"Ireland: Ban Fox Hunting – I support a ban". Express your support for a ban - download, print, display, share online banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/i... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 💚🦊

Foxes were forced to run for their lives during a Grallagh Harriers hunt in County Galway. One fox was chased by the hunt's dogs who “screamed away at speed” • A ban on cruel fox hunting is long overdue in Ireland banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/f... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Foxes were forced to run for their lives from hunters and a pack of 25 hounds during a shameful hunt in County Limerick. One of the foxes was chased across a road and around a hill banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/f... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 🦊

"Ireland: Ban Fox Hunting – I support a ban on cruel fox hunting". Express your support for a ban - download, display, share online banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/i... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 💚🦊

Foxes were terrorised by a pack of 29 dogs during a North Galway Foxhounds hunt banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/f... #Galway #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

The ISPCA opposes fox hunting and hare coursing. The Society particularly opposes “sports” which involve the blocking of earths or the digging out of animals that have gone to ground as part of their natural defence mechanism. (from ISPCA Animal Welfare Policies) ispca.ie/animal-welfa...

"Ireland: Ban Fox Hunting – I support a ban on cruel fox hunting". Express your support for a ban - download, display, share online banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/i... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting 💚🦊

Foxes ran for their lives from a pack of 28 dogs during an Iveagh Foxhounds hunt in County Down banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/f... #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting

The Veterinary Council of Ireland received 46 complaints in 2024, including 29 complaints about one individual veterinary practitioner www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

"Fox hunting involves cruelty and suffering for animals. It is not something the vast majority of people in this country want or support" - Richard Boyd Barrett TD (People Before Profit, Dún Laoghaire). #Ireland #BanFoxHunting 🦊

Meath councillor Alan Lawes calls for a ban on barbaric fox hunting • Public opinion is shifting — even in areas where the tradition was once accepted • “No tradition should involve causing pain and suffering to an animal” independent.ie/regionals/me... #Meath #Ireland #BanFoxHunting

Ruth Coppinger TD's #BanFoxHunting bill progresses in Dail Eireann despite attempts to block it • Sinn Fein, Independent Ireland and Aontu shamefully tried to stop the bill from being introduced. Urge your TDs to back the bill. TAKE ACTION NOW ➡️ banbloodsports.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/r...

Foxes terrorised by a pack of 21 dogs at a hunt in Carlow. Foxes ran for their lives from dogs who were "hunting hard" • Foxes chased on a riverbank, in a bog and through woodland www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #Ireland #AnimalCruelty #BanFoxHunting