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09 February 2010 RISE! Rural Ireland Says Enough!

RISE! Rural Ireland Says Enough!

RISE! Rural Ireland Says Enough!

 

 

There are three imminent threats to traditional rural sports:

o The Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009, proposed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, has begun its passage through the Seanad.

o The same Minister’s Wildlife (Amendment) Bill, which includes a ban on stag hunting by the Ward Union Hunt, is scheduled to be published between now and Easter.

o The Animal Health and Welfare Bill is being drafted by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

 

 

These proposals represent part of a wider, fundamentalist Green agenda being foisted on people. The threat to stag hunting is the thin end of the wedge. Other forms of hunting with hounds will be next. Other field sports and angling will follow.

FACE Ireland and the Hunting Association of Ireland have formed RISE! Rural Ireland Says Enough! to campaign at national, regional and local level to mobilise public and political opinion in support of our traditional field sports and rural pastimes. Together, these organisations represent more than 300,000 adherents of country sports.

 

FACE is the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU, a non-profit making, non-governmental organisation that has acted in the interests of over seven million European hunters since its foundation in 1977. The steering group of RISE! includes representatives of FACE Ireland, the HAI, and the Ward Union Hunt.

 

Enough!

Rural Ireland says ‘Enough!’ It is time to draw a clear line, to resist these threats and to promote our traditional rural way of life.

RISE! is supported by people throughout Ireland who value our distinctive and traditional way of life. They are people who wish to conserve and develop a better way of life for themselves, their children and for future generations.

 

The aims of RISE! are simple and straightforward

· Packs of hounds maintained by hunt clubs for hunting should be exempt from the terms of the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 as committed to in writing by previous Ministers for the Environment.

· There should be full consultation with all stakeholders before the proposed Animal Health and Welfare Bill is published or proceeded with and it should not be used to restrict the enjoyment of traditional rural sports.

· The existing legal position in relation to the annual licensing of the Ward Union Hunt should remain.

· There should be a free vote in the Dáil and Seanad on the proposed ban on the Ward Union Hunt because animal welfare is essentially an ethical issue of conscience.

 

We need your support to defeat these threats to the distinctive forms of recreation and sport enjoyed by our people from both rural and urban backgrounds.

 

RISE! Campaign Office: PO Box 11792, Ashbourne, County Meath

Phone: 01-9690548 01-9690549 087-1504094

E-mail: info@risecampaign.ie Website: www.risecampaign.ie

 

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