Later this month these hares will be used as live bait at a two-day enclosed coursing event. Enclosed coursing was discontinued in Britain a century ago. It differs from the type of hare coursing banned by the UK's Hunting Act in 2004 in that the "action" takes place in a confined space.

They'll be forced to run from hyped-up greyhounds and a percentage will be mauled, pinned to the ground, tossed into the air, or otherwise injured for "sport"...all within the confines of a wire enclosed field. Those that make it uninjured through the escape hatch will only have "escaped" back into captivity...to be coursed again.

A protest is planned by the Irish Council Against Blood Sports (ICABS) for the Edenderry hare coursing event this year: That's Saturday, October 17th from 12 noon. The coursing venue is located next to Lidl and Tesco supermarkets. All welcome at protest.

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