I completely agree with the protestors on this one - fair play for getting out there and trying to force change. For a long time I have refused to visit or permit my family to visit a circus that uses animals for entertainment. There is no place in today's society for the use of animals for people's entertainment and I am well informed about the abuse that circus animals suffer throughout their lives in this environment. The conditions and treatment of animals in this way is completely unnatural, cruel and degrading. It should no longer be permitted and I urge owners of land sought by circuses in towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland to set an example by considering this aspect when authorising use of land for this purpose. It is easy to say that people visiting the cicus do not want this forced upon them; the simple fact is many people who do so are not even aware of what really goes on in circuses and how miserable and dejected animals who are forced to be a part of them become.
It's time that this element of entertainment became a part of history once and for all.