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🐾 Animal Welfare: What Each Party Proposes

SocDems

Animal Welfare and Protection

Phase out state funding for greyhound racing. Ban live hare coursing. Increase animal welfare officers. Allow pets in rented housing.

Ireland lags behind much of Europe on animal welfare. Greyhound racing gets state funding while animal welfare charities are underfunded. The Social Democrats would phase out state-funded greyhound racing and …

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