Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 26:

In page 17, subsection (1), between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:"(a ) hare coursing and track racing, the netting of hares, the shooting of hares and the use of hares in the training of greyhounds before, during and after sporting events,
(b ) the use of animals in sporting events which may result in the mutilation and/or mental and physical suffering of the animal before, during and after the event including the risk of temporary or permanent injury, death as a result of an injury, or death as a result of the killing of the animal due to excessive suffering,
(c ) the use of canines for the hunting of any animal, digging out of any wild mammal gone to ground and the use of terrriers to attack and extract the wild mammal above or below the ground,
(d ) the hunting of stags for the purpose of sport and/or leisure on private or public grounds,
(e ) the hunting of foxes including the digging out of foxes, the use of trapping foxes and mink underground, to protect nesting birds where alternative forms of protection shall be used such as fencing,
(f ) the shooting of wild birds, except for the purposes of disease control or environmental control carried out by legitimate personnel,
(g ) the use of Ladder traps and Larsen traps to trap birds and mammals,
(h ) the use of ferrets for the hunting of an animal,
(i ) badger culling and the use of wire snares to capture badgers,
(j ) farming of mink or foxes for their fur,
(k ) the use of wild animals in circus performances,".

Amendment put.