SIR - I am so glad that democracy has prevailed and that the laws against hunting have been upheld.
I am against hunting because I am very concerned that any act of torturing and killing a creature for sport is a terrible lesson for the young. It has a continuous history back to bear baiting and cock fighting and must brutalise those taking part. How can we expect the young to respect vulnerable people: asylum seekers, the elderly, the disabled, if they are encouraged to be cruel to animals?
I am sad the royals are not setting an example, and worried that a lunatic fringe of the gentry' will flout the law, thus setting an even worse example.
What on earth is wrong with drag hunting ?
And, yes, I am a vegetarian.
Charmian Goldwyn retired Twickenham GP Elm Bank Gardens SW 13
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