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THE CROWDS may not be as big as before, but the Ballinasloe Horse Fair still brought out big crowds for its closing weekend.
Traders and locals say the crowds were down on previous years, but still reported a healthy attendance at what is one of Europe’s oldest horse fairs.
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The Ballinasloe Fair, a great place to start looking if you’ve had a dog stolen over the past year!!
Or a horse.
careful lads, or pavee point will be on complaining.
Scrimination boss
Wonder at the condition of animals at these fairs !
Plenty of Inspectors at the Fair these days.
they horses were all in good shape and plenty of inspectors down there
Not true, there was lots of dogs in dire straits and in need of urgent veterinary help. Some animal welfare people had to resort to buying the worst cases from the “owners” to get them treatment, also not enough inspectors there at all and the guards wouldn’t act without the inspector being present. Also some of the dogs they managed to rescue had chips from hungry and other foreign countries when they got checked by the vet later on. An absolute disgrace
I’d say a lot of them TRAVELLED very far to get there.
its great craic once theres no trouble, and in fairness the cops have kept a tight enough lid on it in recent years, ever since the full scale riot on the green, the same year when the hardwares were sold out of Slashooks!
was there last week it was great
The comments stating that the animals were in good condition and that there was enough inspectors there are grossly misleading. What you saw was volunteers to help inspectors but on one of the days he never even bothered showing up. The volunteers had to resort to buying the animals in the worst conditions as the guards wouldn’t act without the inspector being there. Some of the animals had chips from other countries including hungry and France when checked by a vet later on. An absolute disgrace
Up the Dubs
Shit
ah here leave it out bug deal if they were chipped in a different country i walked that fair on Sunday the 30/9/12 and saw no animals that needed attention from a vet or inspector as a horse owner my self i would not tolerate cruelty now as for paper work that’s down to the local council to sort out as i have to have a passport a licence and a chip for my horse
How do people get drugs into the country or humans? It’s called smuggling. My statement above is true, I didn’t say all the animals I said there was neglect going on. There was even a fella Bella left to wander on it’s on round the r, the volunteers asked around and were told to take it if they want it, real responsible ownership. This all happened on Sunday last
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