Sir, – Not all traditions are worth saving – and catching a wild goat and confining him to a small cage so that revellers can gawk at him, as happens every year at Puck Fair, is one ritual that must be consigned to the history books. It’s high time we accepted that tradition is no excuse for cruelty. – Yours, etc,
JOHN CARMODY
Limerick.
A chara, – Is there a goat in Dublin’s “Dead Zoo” that could be sent to Killorglin? – Is mise,
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