I WAS absolutely disgusted to hear that the Hadley Bowling Green Inn was serving up squirrel and foie gras on their menu, and therefore very pleased to hear that they have now decided to discontinue this revolting and cruel 'meal'.

However, I was more dismayed to read your comment column insinuating that the majority of people would approve of eating whatever animal they wanted just because they have the 'right' to do so.

Perhaps you didn't see the poll on Midlands Today where more than 70 per cent of people thought that eating squirrel was unacceptable. It seems to me that the majority was heard and said no!

Perhaps also, you are unaware of the suffering of factory farmed animals? Foie gras is produced by shoving tubes down the necks of geese and force-feeding them until they are so fat they die. Do you still think that would make a tasty meal?

It is beyond me why supposedly intelligent 'civilised' people continue to indulge their greed, regardless of any pain and suffering that may be inflicted on an animal. Whether it is squirrel or elephant is not the issue - all non-human animals suffer in the process of satisfying the greed of humans. Not to mention the devastating effect on the environment that the rearing of livestock causes.

Without the need to use space and water to grow grain to feed livestock, world hunger could virtually be eradicated. Think of this next time you tuck into your next hamburger, even if it hasn't got a squirrel in it!

MISS L BONOMINI,

Malvern.