Jenny Williams wonders why there is a police car parked in the car park of the Countryman's pub in Shipley on hunting days when the hunt is two miles away (Letters, December 2).

The answer is they are probably welcomed by the pub - which is pro-hunting.

The police at the Crawley and Horsham hunt also seem to be zealously pro-hunting and will not let a single protester down a public footpath within a mile of the hunt.

Police have also been seen enjoying refreshments served by the hunt.

Unfortunately there is a need for some police at this hunt as one hunt monitor's vehicle had its windscreen and side window smashed by hunt supporters in the last few weeks.

-Simon Wild, West Sussex Wildlife Protection, Littlehampton