Activists call for this year’s Puck Fair to be the last of its kind
The festival has been steeped in controversy for years. Animal rights activists have called for an end to the controversial Puck Fair festival as celebrations for 2023 kick off this week. Taking place in Killorglin, Co Kerry every year, Puck Fair is a three-day festival which starts when a goat-catcher goes up into the mountains […]
2 years ago
Puck Fair goat to spend less time on stand following welfare complaints
Are you kidding me? There’s a goat at the centre of controversy in Kerry this week as it was announced that the animal will spend less time atop his elevated cage at this year’s Puck Fair. Taking place in Killorglin every year, Puck Fair is a three-day festival which starts when a goat-catcher goes up […]
2 years ago
Danny Healy-Rae insists the Puck Fair goat is safe and well looked after
“They never seem to be for anything, only against everything,” said Healy-Rae of people who object to placing a goat into a cage in the middle of a heatwave and hauling it into the air. Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has lashed out at those who take issue with the Puck Fair in his native Kerry, […]
3 years ago
Puck Fair takes down goat from cage due to “unprecedented” hot weather
The goat has since been placed in the shade. King Puck, the symbol of the Puck Fair in Kerry, has been taken down from its cage by event organisers due to the current heatwave. A tradition of the long-running event in Killorglin is that a goat is chosen every year and is put into a […]
3 years ago