I WAS on holiday in Blackpool in July with my grandchildren. I was very upset to see men with snakes outside Madame Tussauds and at Central Pier. People were having photographs taken with the snakes around their necks. I was appalled.

I phoned the police and they said they were monitoring it. I then phoned the RSPCA who said they couldn't see my problem and it was a tourist attraction. This is one tourist who wasn't attracted. Please stop it -- it's cruel.

Sylvia Miller,

Kirkintilloch,

Glasgow.