JON Burgess seems to imply that I belong to an animal rights organisation. He is quite wrong.

My strongly-held views are entirely my own, based on common sense which tells me that hunting a terrified animal to exhaustion and then tearing it to pieces is barbaric and inhumane.

Mr Burgess is also wrong when he disputes my claim about the video of a hunt being shown to MPs. This is indeed true - it was shown and resulted in a massive vote against hunting with dogs.

Mr Burgess is right when he says that hunt terrier work video sequences have been shown on television. They were and proved horrific and sickening.

MRS MARION J LARGE,

Lower Wick, Worcester.