NEWS
HOUND SHOW RESULTS
The annual IMFHA Hound Show took place at Stradbally on July 1st 2012.
The Champion Dog was Tipperary Ambridge ‘11 (Lonsdale ’07 - Angel ’08) and the Champion Bitch was Tipperary Package. View results...
The Irish Hunting Hounds website: www.irishhounds.ie represents the interests of all registered hunting packs in Ireland. This website serves all the associate members of the HAI. If you have an interest in hounds and hound breeding, it is worth visiting. You will find over 100,000 hounds on the useful database.
NEW IMFHA CHAIRMAN
The IMFHA Chairman is Rupert Macauley, huntsman and master of the West Wicklow Hunt, formerly a Kildare Hunt master.
Check out the MFHA Online Stud Book Foxhound Kennel Stud Book for useful information.
Eurojust and Europol Held Joint Conference on Animal Rights Extremism
In July 2011, Europol, the European Union's official criminal intelligence
agency, and Eurojust, an EU agency dealing with cooperation in
cross-border investigations, held a joint conference at The Hague to
discuss "the phenomenon of increased violence committed by some
extremists in the name of animal rights."
The two organizations issued a joint press released afterward saying:
The phenomenon of increased violence committed by some extremists
in the name of animal rights is a growing cause for concern. In a major
conference organised by Europol and Eurojust 58 experts from law
enforcement and prosecution authorities, plus representatives from 35
private sector organisations, met last week at Europol's new
headquarters in The Hague to discuss the issues behind this new
trend. While the defence of the rights of animals and their welfare is
legitimate and fully supported by European Union institutions, the
increase in violence by extremists remains a concern for all of the
conference participants. An example is the increased use of Improvised
Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Improvised Incendiary Devices (IIDs).........
SOME FACTS ABOUT HUNTING TO BE CONSIDERED...
Fields sports are a huge industry - The most recent study of the socio-economic impact of hunting done by David Scallan of University College Galway found that Hunting with Hounds contributed €34.2 million to the economy in 2007. It also found a similar figure for Game Shooting and a much larger figure for Hare Coursing.
Somewhere in the region of 300,000 people are involved in hunting with hounds in Ireland. That is a lot of votes. It should also be emphasised that hunting with hounds, in particular mounted hunting, supports a significant amount of employment in the form of farriers, feed merchants, suppliers of equestrian equipment, for example, as well as those directly employed by hunt clubs. Many hunt kennels also provide a valuable service to farmers for the disposal of fallen stock.
*Make your local politicians and councillors aware of these facts*
"BAD LAWS ARE THE WORST SORT OF TYRANNY"
How the animal rights movement brought about the UK ban. Read more...
HUNTING, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT and the MORAL ISSUE
Download this interesting booklet, full of useful information on wildlife management and the effect hunting with hounds has on it. Download here...
Today Horses.... Tomorrow Cows....
Commentary by Dennis Foster
There are no horse processing plants operating in the United States today. Good news for the horse? Hardly. Read more...
Animal Rights versus Animal Welfare - a look at some of the main issues. Read more...
