REGARDING the experience of deaf woman Emma Stevens who was told she was not a suitable person to give a cat a home, I, too, take exception to her being told a deaf person would not be able to interpret the needs of the cat.

As a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), I not only was well looked after, but so were our cats, dog, canary and fish.

JAN McCONNELL, Chareauguay, Quebec, Canada.