English: You know when an animal circus is in town because they fly-post across the community in which you live. You can't miss it. In fact, I know of a council officer who used to fill the boot of his car with the fly-posted posters that he used to tear down. But, as soon as they're torn down, they're put back up again by these animal circuses. I've noticed that that actual reference was made by Linda Joyce Jones in the petition. These people do not care about local bye-laws; it takes a national law to make a change. It was a cold and dark night, a rainy night, in October or November 2015, when I was invited by a constituent, who I'm pleased to see is in the gallery today, to attend a protest against an animal exhibition called 'An Evening with Lions and Tigers', which was in my council ward - the area that I represented as a councillor. We were really pleased to see the number of people who turned out for the protest night after night, in the dark and in the rain, turning away people - well, they didn't actually physically turn them away, but they were persuading people not to enter the show. It was reasoned argument that these people made. They had banners and they had petitions, and they had very clear literature explaining why they felt that the evening with lions and tigers was a cruel show and one that should not be visited. We were pleased to see car after car leaving Tir-y-Berth, and leaving Hengoed, when we made these points. Therefore, I'm delighted to support this petition today. One of the things that that show didn't get was a licence from DEFRA to operate in England, and that's represented in the petition, yet they were able to operate in Wales. Therefore, it's time that the Welsh Government took action. I've read the Dorning, Harris and Pickett report, and it highlights a lot of the things that have already been covered by Members. The fact that also needs to be said is that legislation has been addressed in other parts of the United Kingdom, and therefore the Welsh Government needs to take action. My predecessor, Jeff Cuthbert, raised this with the then Minister, and had some sway in getting the Harris report commissioned, but now is the time to take this to a stage of legislation to prevent these circuses from touring Wales and causing harm to the animals that are exhibited there.
Welsh: Rydych yn gwybod pan fo syrcas anifeiliaid yn y dref oherwydd maent yn gosod posteri anghyfreithlon ar draws y gymuned lle rydych yn byw. Ni allwch ei methu. Yn wir, gwn am swyddog cyngor a arferai lenwi cist ei gar â phosteri wedi'u gosod yn anghyfreithlon a dynnwyd ganddo. Ond cyn gynted ag y cânt eu tynnu, caiff eraill eu gosod yn eu lle gan y syrcasau anifeiliaid hyn. Sylwais fod Linda Joyce Jones wedi cyfeirio at hynny yn y ddeiseb mewn gwirionedd. Nid yw'r bobl hyn yn poeni am is-ddeddfau lleol; mae gofyn cael deddf genedlaethol i sicrhau newid. Ar noson oer a thywyll, noson lawog, ym mis Hydref neu fis Tachwedd 2015, cefais wahoddiad gan etholwr, ac rwy'n falch o weld eu bod yn yr oriel heddiw, i fod yn bresennol mewn protest yn erbyn arddangosfa anifeiliaid o'r enw 'An Evening with Lions and Tigers', yn fy ward gyngor - yr ardal a gynrychiolwn fel cynghorydd. Roeddem yn falch iawn o weld nifer y bobl a ddaeth i brotestio noson ar ôl noson, yn y tywyllwch ac yn y glaw, ac yn troi pobl oddi yno - wel, nid oeddent yn eu troi oddi yno yn gorfforol, ond yn hytrach yn eu perswadio i beidio â mynd i weld y sioe. Roedd y bobl hyn yn cyflwyno dadl resymegol. Roedd ganddynt faneri ac roedd ganddynt ddeisebau, ac roedd ganddynt lenyddiaeth glir iawn yn esbonio pam y teimlent fod y noson gyda'r llewod a'r teigrod yn sioe greulon ac yn un na ddylid ymweld â hi. Roeddem yn falch o weld car ar ôl car yn gadael Tir-y-Berth, ac yn gadael Hengoed, wedi i ni wneud y pwyntiau hyn. Felly, rwy'n falch iawn o gefnogi'r ddeiseb hon heddiw. Un o'r pethau na chafodd y sioe honno oedd trwydded gan DEFRA i weithredu yn Lloegr, a sonnir am hynny yn y ddeiseb, ac eto roeddent yn gallu gweithredu yng Nghymru. Felly, mae'n bryd i Lywodraeth Cymru roi camau ar waith. Rwyf wedi darllen adroddiad Dorning, Harris a Pickett, ac mae'n tynnu sylw at lawer o bethau y soniwyd amdanynt eisoes gan yr Aelodau. Ffaith sydd angen ei dweud hefyd yw eu bod wedi rhoi sylw i ddeddfwriaeth mewn rhannau eraill o'r Deyrnas Unedig, ac felly mae angen i Lywodraeth Cymru roi camau ar waith. Tynnodd fy rhagflaenydd, Jeff Cuthbert, sylw'r Gweinidog ar y pryd at hyn, ac roedd yn eithaf dylanwadol o ran sicrhau bod adroddiad Harris yn cael ei gomisiynu, ond nawr yw'r amser i ddatblygu hyn yn ddeddfwriaeth er mwyn atal y syrcasau hyn rhag teithio drwy Gymru ac achosi niwed i'r anifeiliaid a arddangosir yno.