Fair City star Rachel Pilkington looking at her son Noah protesting against animal circuses
FAIR City actress Rachel Pilkington has strongly condemned animal act circuses and added her support to the growing campaign to ban such entertainment from Limerick.
A passionate animal rights campaigner and vegetarian, Rachel who plays Jane in the popular Irish soap opera, believes the sooner all animal act circuses are banned, the better.
The Tipperary-born actress, who also starred in RTE’s series ‘The Clinic’, maintains that the animals kept by circuses are subject to “lives of absolute hell and oppression”.
“No captive situation can ever provide these highly intelligent and social creatures with the kind of environment they need for movement and interaction,” said the Fair City star.
“Circuses by their very nature inflict physical and psychological suffering on animals,” she adds.
According to the Fair City star, every time you buy a child a ticket to a circus that carries animals “you’re supporting an organisation that denies them of their innate right to freedom, dignity and perfect self-expression”.
“And you’re also teaching the child that to demean an animal is not only acceptable to you but also something to be enjoyed,” she concludes.
Fine Gael councillor Daniel Butler’s proposal to ban animal act circuses from Limerick will be up before the full Limerick City and County Council at their next meeting in September.
Limerick founder of animal rights group ARAN, John Carmody says he is “absolutely delighted” the local authority will vote on this “progressive” motion.
“We urge compassionate councillors both in the city and country to vote yes. Limerick people are watching and the animals in the circus are sadly waiting. Lets be on the right side of history. Considering that the UK last week reaffirmed their intention to ban animal-act circuses in the UK nationwide in 2015, Ireland needs to get into line,” said Mr Carmody.
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