ON Sunday, while the pro-hunt lobby converges on London, the silent majority who oppose hunting will be going about their daily lives, many of them enjoying the countryside.

A MORI poll showed 72 per cent of people believe fox hunting should be illegal. Hunting with dogs is cruel and studies show it's an ineffective form of population control. In the face of such overwhelming evidence we urge the government to consign this cruel activity to the history books where it belongs.

J Young, Lancashire League Against Cruel Sports, Stanworth Terrace, Abbey Village.