Councillors repel animal ban in circuses over fears for Puck Fair

A move to have “a complete ban” on the use of wild animals in circuses in Co Kerry was withdrawn amid fears it could affect the annual Puck Fair in Killorglin.

The motion was preceded by a heated argument at Kerry County Council about the wild goat, which is caught after a day-long chase in the mountains each August, and was felt to be directly threatened

“Avoid Puck for the next 50 years,” the council chairman Michael O’Shea said when his Fianna Fáil colleague Niall Kelleher proposed the circus animals’ ban.