Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 61833

Hares: Conservation

Tabled: 23 June 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party — Belfast East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the shooting of hares in their breeding season.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Government considers the need for a close season for hares is justified more by animal welfare concerns than biodiversity and species conservation. In short, a close season should reduce the number of adult hares being shot in the breeding season, whi...

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