WE urge foreign governments to end cruelty to animals yet we still allow blood-thirsty sports in our own country.
Barbaric, sadistic hunting kills 20,000 foxes, 6,000 brown hares and 200 deer a year.
MP Michael Foster's Bill offers the opportunity to stop this cruelty for once and for all. Tony Blair made promises to those who wanted hunting banned on behalf of the new Labour government and his word should be his bond.
MR H W FOGARTY, The Crescent, Cherry Tree, Blackburn.
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