Written answers

Thursday, 1 May 2008

Department of Agriculture and Food

Circus Animals

5:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals imported into Ireland for use in circuses here in 2007, including the species, the number, their countries of origin and the circuses to which they were attached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17022/08]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The names of the circuses involved have been withheld due to the commercial nature of the information sought.

Circus Animals Imported in 2007
DateNumber and SpeciesOrigin*
29/01/20073 African ElephantsGermany
06/03/20073 African ElephantsGermany
06/03/20071 Indian ElephantGermany
07/03/20072 ElephantsGermany
31/10/20071 LionUK
*The only information available to DAFF is the country from which the animals were directly imported into Ireland.

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