REPORTS on the Boxing Day hunts - 'Hunts are riding a wave of support' saw quotes from the Countryside Alliance Opinion Poll used which reportedly found that two thirds of the public felt that the Hunting Act, which came into effect in February 2005, was not working.

As the spokesperson for the League Against Cruel Sports rightly said, the law is only not working where Countryside Alliance members are breaking it, often in areas where monitoring of hunts is absent.

I have written to you paper several times in the past with the suggestion that, those individuals who are interested in becoming hunt monitors, can contact the League Against Cruel Sports, who provide training and support for hunt monitors.

The contact number is 0207 403 6155.

Joanne Fone

Bromsgrove