Animal rights activists have welcomed the failure of an attempt to overturn the ban on hare coursing in Northern Ireland.

A vote to lift the ban was defeated at Stormont on February 7.

The League Against Cruel Sports has congratulated the Assembly for upholding the decision made last year to ban the chasing of hares using greyhounds…
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