Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 May 2022
230. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hares that have been recorded as killed during hare coursing activities annually between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2021, inclusive. [27187/22]
View answerThe relevant data is collected by coursing season rather than full calendar year. To this end the following information, as supplied by the Irish Coursing Club, covers the coursing seasons 2017/2018 to 2021/2022:
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Sept 2017 to Feb 2018 |
Sept 2018 to Feb 2019 |
Sept 2019 to Feb 2020 |
Sept 2020 to Feb 2021 |
Sept 2021 to Feb 2022 |
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|
Total Hares Captured |
5,044 |
4,973 |
2,920 |
3,430 |
3,690 |
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No. of Hares Died |
16 |
15 |
9 |
0 |
12 |
