I Was Curious.....

[gness]

...about the circus across the pond. It was impressive watching them dismantle and leave town.....but....

The one camel I saw in the field would be put in a box and driven to Castlebar....a few miles away....then tethered in a field......taken into the ring I guess....then back in the box.....and another drive...another town....

The circus advertises tigers......but has been taken to task for false advertising so maybe they don't have tigers now...but they once did....in awful conditions.

And circuses with performing animals have been given huge grants from the Irish Arts Council.......Art??......

Strange, isn't it.....the things we humans do to animals.......... :-(

It's Courtney's Daredevil Circus by the way....if you want to avoid it too....x

[shoota]

I too was once curious, but now I'm not.

[gness]

Amazing..............grace...x

[shoota]

I once was stol, but now I'm unfod.

[Mamyalynne]

I once was lost but now I'm found - at the Circus, but it was 1959.

I know better now.

[Buenchico]

Who owns the land where they were performing? In the UK most local authorities won't allow circuses with animals to use their land and many other landowners take a similar stance. I'm surprised that the same doesn't seem to apply in Ireland . Perhaps someone should encourage local residents to protest to the relevant land owner?

That circus seems to change its name frequently (perhaps to avoid bad publicity from previous years). See here:
http://www.irishcircuses.org/royal-russian-circus

Anyone wanting to check whether a UK circus uses animals or not should see here:
http://www.captiveanimals.org/visit-an-animal-free-circus

[gness]

What would you have done, Mamya....if your dad had left you and your life had been the circus?......x

Shoota once was confused......and listl si....x

[shoota]

Just a crazy mixed up kid....

[gness]

The land is a large car park in Wesport Quay, Chris....so I guess the council. I have been googling about and noticed all the protests.....
I also noticed how few people went into the circus.....no queues and a very short performance.....and the Quay has been buzzing with families today so maybe most are avoiding it......x

[EDDIE51]

I used to run a Sporting Club on the heath outside town.
One morning I was driving up the entrance road and behind the trees near the clubhouse were 3 elephants! I nearly drove off the road in surprise, but they were with a circus that was setting up. I had not realised it was arriving. This was back in 1982.

[gness]

It is odd, Eddie....when you see an animal you know well, but in completely the wrong place..... :-)

[Mamyalynne]

No idea.

[askyourgran]

My friend seriously misses the circus that used to come to town, she used to collect the tiger poo to keep the cats out of her garden.q