Hallo zusammen,
Füchse sind wunderschöne, friedliche Geschöpfe, die weder Menschen noch Haustieren Schaden zufügen. Es ist grausam und archaisch, dass sie von Hunden angegriffen, bis zum Ende ihres Lebens gejagt und dann in Stücke gerissen werden. Eine Debatte und eine Abstimmung zu diesem Thema sind für den 17. Dezember 2025 geplant. Bitte senden Sie gemeinsam mit mir eine E-Mail an Ihren örtlichen TD und bitten Sie ihn, für ein Verbot der Fuchsjagd zu stimmen. Auf dieser Website, die ich in den Kommentaren verlinken werde, ist es sehr einfach, Ihren lokalen TD und seine E-Mail-Adresse zu finden.
Vielen Dank an alle.
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Link to email TDs:
https://www.contactyourtd.ie/
This whole thing is largely pointless. Farmers will still hunt foxes if they kill their livestock whether it’s legal or not.
Fox hunting is absolutely cruel and should be banned but foxes absolutely do cause harm to some pets.
Mental that it’s banned in the uk, yet they are still trying to debate it here with false arguments. Haven’t seen a single argument for it that’s logical other than the ol “population control” which is a load of shite. Foxes don’t need to be ripped limb from limb for ‘population control’. It’s purely for their own sick enjoyment of torturing animals.
But it’s a rural pursuit so it couldn’t POSSIBLY be inhumane.
Is it to stop specifically people with horses and dogs chasing them in a fox hunt or any hunting/shooting/trapping of foxes?
Sending the following to my TDs in Kerry:
Dear Deputy,
I am writing as someone who has lived in rural Ireland all my life and who has long been involved in countryside activities, including vermin shooting and pest control in support of local farmers.
I want to be clear at the outset that I strongly support farmers, livestock protection, and responsible land management. Over the years, I have personally dealt with problem foxes for farmers where there was a clear and practical need to protect livestock. Predator control, when necessary, should be humane, targeted, and effective.
It is from this perspective that I oppose fox hunting on horseback.
In my view, mounted fox hunting is not a legitimate form of wildlife management. It is not a credible method of population control—there is little transparency around how many foxes are actually removed from the population annually, nor evidence that the practice meaningfully contributes to livestock protection. Where fox control is required, it can be carried out far more efficiently and humanely through established, regulated methods.
Nor do I regard mounted fox hunting as a sport. The prolonged chase of an animal for entertainment is difficult to justify in modern Ireland, particularly when the outcome is largely symbolic rather than practical – even if the fox makes his hide he is smoked or dug out.
Finally, I question the claim that this activity represents an authentic Irish tradition. Historically, most Irish people were not mounted landowners following hounds across estates. Families like the Kenmares or the Herberts may have engaged in such pursuits, but the majority of our ancestors were tenant farmers or labourers—far more likely to have been on the receiving end of that social order than participants in it. Presenting mounted fox hunting as a shared national heritage does not reflect reality.
Ireland can support farmers, protect livestock, and respect rural life without preserving practices that no longer align with our values or needs. Humane, evidence-based wildlife management should be the standard we aim for.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my perspective.
Yours sincerely,
Me.
Anyone got the email template for that?
Have you been to a hunt or where are you getting your information?
. . . . But I like Fox Hunting, I don’t think I will
I live in South Tipperary. I’m pretty sure at least two of my TDs are still Pro Mammoth hunting and one of them may well have taken part in Mammoth hunting in his youth.
Done, thanks for making us aware, hopefully this gets banned
„peaceful creatures that do not harm humans or pets.“
Was this pulled from a children’s book or something? They most certainly harm pets if given the opportunity.
To add, there are people trying to make this an urban-rural culture war issue. It’s not.
A Red C poll had 74% of rural respondants supporting the ban and no more than 1-2% of the Irish population have ever participated in a fox hunt, we can’t say for certain because it’s always within the survey’s margin of error.
Foxes are beautiful. Predators. They do kill.
But ripping one apart for entertainment is purely sadistic.