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Sunday June 19, 2011 16:27

by Protecting Irish Hares from Coursing Cruelty

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Hateful pro-hare coursing internet site shut down!

The "sport that the Greyhound Nuts site promoted...

The "sport that the Greyhound Nuts site promoted...

The hateful internet chat and information site "Greyhound Nuts" has just been shut down. This represents a heartening development for everyone in Ireland who has campaigned for the welfare of both greyhounds and the innocent hares usung in cruel coursing.

"Greyhound Nuts" saw itself as a no holds barred Ireland-based forum where any fan of hare coursing in particular could say litearally anything about those opposed to their bloodsport. The laws of libel didn't seem to apply. Horrendous lies were routinely peddled about named individuals who happened to disapprove of setting up hares to be baited and terrorized at coursing venues....or anyone who had ever, in the media or in any public forum, said a word against the ill-treatment of unwanted greyhounds. Vicious name-calling and character assassination was commonplace, with the wildest of fabrications posted and allowed to remain despite challenges from the innocent people targeted.

The site had resorted on a daily basis to every possible underhanded trick to undermine campaign groups like the Irish Council Against Blood Sports, the Hunt Saboteurs, the Animal Rights Action Network, and the Campaign for the Abolition of Cruel Sports, It saw these groups as a threat to their beloved animal baiting pastimes.

As well as lavishing praise on the most appalling cruelty to hares in coursing, the site carried numerous postings that sought to justify blooding, the practise wherein live hares, rabbits, and cats, are fed to greyhounds to whet their appetite for blood...before a coursing or track event. When one fan for example asked if live rabbits would be good in blooding, another suggested tom cats owing to their tough skin and staying power

Cyber-space is a lot healther and cleaner this morning after the closing of this abhorrent website!

Hare tossed by greyhounds at coursing event...

More "sport" from coursing. The main site promoting this has just been shut down...

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Comments (41 of 41)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Untrue Claims	Yvonne Harrington	Mon Jun 20, 2011 09:44
2	Yeah Right	Friend of the Hare	Mon Jun 20, 2011 09:54
3	Toss us another one	Why is the hare in the air?	Mon Jun 20, 2011 14:46
4	Coursing is Conservation	Practical man	Tue Jun 21, 2011 13:58
5	This Is Totally Wrong	Barry	Tue Jun 21, 2011 20:02
6	What it's all about	Truth about hare coursing	Wed Jun 22, 2011 00:15
7	Here's what Greyhound Nuts is, for anyone interested...	A little Insight...	Wed Jun 22, 2011 00:44
8	Splitting Hares	D. Dwyer	Wed Jun 22, 2011 04:13
9	In reply	Frankel	Wed Jun 22, 2011 08:31
10	Setting the record straight on Greyhound Nuts	Going for the ball not the man	Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:14
11	In reply	Frankel	Wed Jun 22, 2011 14:06
12	Facts are facts	Data Fan	Wed Jun 22, 2011 17:10
13	In reply	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 08:21
14	Greyhound Nuts best thing that ever happened enemies of coursing	Data Fan	Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:59
15	"Anti Hit Squad"	Parity of Esteem	Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:22
16	Name calling	Yvonne Harrington	Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:59
17	In reply to Data Fan	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 16:44
18	borrisoleigh	yvonne harrington	Thu Jun 23, 2011 16:53
19	borrisoleigh	yvonne harrington	Thu Jun 23, 2011 17:24
20	Yvonne	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 17:33
21	ICABS website open and 100% above board. I wish I could say the same for Greyhound Nuts!	ICABS supporter	Thu Jun 23, 2011 19:13
22	Coursing heroine Yvonne savagely attacked on Greyhound Nuts	An admirer of Yvonne Harrington's photography	Thu Jun 23, 2011 19:34
23	In reply	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 20:06
24	Data Coursing	Yvonne	Thu Jun 23, 2011 21:47
25	In reply	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:06
26	A legitimate campaign backed by the vast majority of the Irish people	Anti cruelty to animals	Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:35
27	TWISTING MY WORDS	Yvonne	Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:46
28	In reply	Frankel	Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:52
29	Greyhound Data has soundly thrashed Greyhound Data on coursing coverage	A proud supporter of the superb Greyhound Data	Thu Jun 23, 2011 22:54
30	Opinion polls say hare coursing should be banned	Anti Hare Baiting	Thu Jun 23, 2011 23:06
31	Dont Agree	Yvonne	Thu Jun 23, 2011 23:21
32	Big Majority want hare coursing banned	Facts	Thu Jun 23, 2011 23:40
33	In reply	Frankel	Fri Jun 24, 2011 08:21
34	Wrong Again	Anti torture and cruelty	Fri Jun 24, 2011 09:16
35	How G Data really differs from G Nuts	The Real difference	Fri Jun 24, 2011 09:30
36	Be truthful	Harry Hunt	Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:24
37	More	Harry Hunt	Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:48
38	My Viewpoint	Practical man	Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:36
39	Hare Stranfgling Video and the truth about Bloodsports	Practical Man	Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:50
40	Not so fast	Data and Nuts User	Fri Jun 24, 2011 13:03
41	COURSING SUPPORTER	Yvonne	Fri Jun 24, 2011 13:36

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