Preseli Pembrokeshire Assembly Member Paul Davies has recently attended the handover of a petition to ban the use of wild animals in circuses to the Assembly’s Petitions Committee. The petition has over 1,000 signatures with an associated petition on another website gathering a further 3000 signatures.

Mr Davies said, “The petition to ban the use of wild animals in circuses certainly has my support and I will keep working to see the Welsh Government deliver an outright ban. Scotland has already banned the use of wild animals in circuses and England is developing its legislation at the moment – therefore, Wales cannot be left behind. In a poll carried out by RSPCA Cymru 74% of the Welsh public wanted the use of wild animals in circuses banned and so the strength of feeling on this issue cannot be ignored. I of course, will be working with Assembly colleagues and raising this with the Welsh Government in order to see this outdated practice banned as soon as possible.”