Putting pen to paper: The Value of Writing Letters

It is easy to be cynical and dismiss letter writing, particularly when you receive so many dismissive responses – or no replies at all! However, even one letter can spark someone’s interest in an issue or make them consider their own position, and when lots of people write about the same thing it is difficult for the recipient to ignore the issue.

Republic of Ireland

CAPS, along with our friends AFAR and NARA in Ireland, run a number of campaigns to expose and end the use of animals in circuses.

You can also help end animal cruelty by writing to your TD and the Taoiseach, calling on them to take action and end the use of animals in circuses.

Write to your TD at:

Dáil Éireann,

Leinster House,

Kildare Street,

Dublin 2.

Tel: 01-618 3000.

To contact a specific person in the Houses of the Oireachtas you can email them at firstname.surname@oireachtas.ie

If you are not sure who your TD is, click here to go to the Houses of the Orieachtas website:

Write to the Taoiseach:

Mr Enda Kenny, TD

Department of the Taoiseach,

Government Buildings,

Merrion Street,

Dublin 2

taoiseach@taoiseach.irlgov.ie (e-mails in Irish should be sent to: gaeilge@taoiseach.ie)

NI campaigns

You can help end animal cruelty by writing to your Assembly Member, calling on them to take action and end the use of animals in circuses.

Write to your Assembly Member at:

Northern Ireland Assembly

Parliament Buildings

Belfast

BT4 3XX

Tel: 028 9052 1333

On the Northern Ireland Assembly web site you will be able to find out who your Assembly Members are and how to contact them click here for details.

Arts Council Ireland

Freedom for Animals is calling on the Arts Council Ireland (ACI) to stop funding animal circuses. In the six years up to and including 2012, the ACI has given almost €1,000,000 to animal circuses.

Click here for more details on this campaign.

Please write to the ACI, urging them to change their policies on the funding of animal circuses at: info@artscouncil.ie