Crackdown on illegal hunting amid alarming increase in hare ‘lamping’ and baiting of foxes and badgers

Crackdown on illegal hunting amid alarming increase in hare ‘lamping’ and baiting of foxes and badgers

Gardaí have launched a crackdown on illegal hunting amid indications of an alarming increase in hare ­“lamping” and the baiting of both ­badgers and foxes.

Garda crackdown on illegal hunting

Clare gardaí have launched a crackdown on illegal hunting in the county, following reports of gangs of men trespassing on farmland in the north and west of the county with lurcher dogs and infrared scanners. The Clare Champion revealed before Christmas that three separate groups of farmers have formed at different locations along Clare’s Atlantic coast in recent months, to share information and jointly resist encroachments onto their land. A mee…