Fox Hunting Bill Heads for 2nd Reading in the Dáil
A fox hunting Bill will return to the Dáil for its second reading on the 17th December.
The Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025 aims to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which contains an exemption for hunting.
The Bill, if enacted, would add a paragraph to Section 12 to “specify that fox hunting and related practices are banned and therefore cannot be considered as lawful hunting”. Trail hunting and the snaring and trapping of foxes would also be outlawed under this legislation.
Ruth Coppinger TD, who introduced the Bill in May of this year, said that fox hunting is a cruel and inhumane blood sport and it should be outlawed.
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