Hunt laws must be workable
In reply to John Fitzgerald's correspondence on hunting (Letters, Irish Independent, January 2), Mr Fitzgerald and I come from the same part of the South East, where hunting has a long tradition and a huge following.
This part of Ireland had only one drag hunt which ceased operating over three years ago.
There are numerous registered foxhound and harrier packs in existence in the South East. In some case these clubs have been in existence for over 200 years; others have been registered over the last decade, with public support and goodwill.
Freedom to make an informed decision is what has kept these clubs and traditions alive, through land wars, civil wars and world wars.
Drag hunting has a following in Ireland but traditional hunting has a much larger following and continued support in rural Ireland.
Let people continue to make an informed decision as to what they consider right and wrong and let's not make the mistake our neighbours have made in the UK with an unworkable and unjust law under which neither the fox, nor the hare, is better off.
