AN awful cruel new type of 'ornament' is appearing in cheap shops and on markets that readers should be aware of.

Woven baskets with cute mother cat and kitten are being sold to unsuspecting people to give as gifts. If you love animals -- and indeed, even if you don't -- refuse to buy them. They look real because they are horribly real.

This is cat fur and baby kitten fur. These horrible things are imported from Far East countries.

If you see an article made from fur and it is cheap yet very realistic, it will most certainly be made in this way.

Is there really no end to our human capacity for inflicting such suffering on our fellow creatures?

M PICKERING (Mrs), Olympia Street, Burnley.