Authorities in counties Clare and Tipperary have launched an operation to counter the practice of the illegal hunting and killing of hares. Speaking on RTÉ's News at One programme, David Lyons, District Conversation Officer for Co Clare and the Arran Islands with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, said groups of... read full story
"It obviously causes huge distress to the animal, but it also creates very threatening situations for landowners and local communities and has resulted in intimidation to those individuals as well,"