I wish huntsmen and their supporters such as W Eleini (Letters, August 10) would make up their minds. One minute they're saying the fox is hardly ever caught on hunts, next they say without hunting we will be over-run by foxes and then they are caught breeding foxes and letting them loose in front of the hounds, who quickly tear the poor animals to pieces.

Now they are saying hunting must continue to save the lives of hunting hounds. It is well known how the hounds are no more than commodities to the huntsmen, who breed and kill the dogs at their convenience. Huntsmen are not animal lovers. What excuse are they going to come up with next?

-Sally Durrant, Queens Road, Brighton