I agree with Wendy Taylor's comments (Letters, May 30) that many creatures are kept in bad conditions.

But there are so many examples of cruelty and unfairness to animals around us, where do we start trying to do something about them?

Once, while campaigning against bear baiting, someone said to me "this isn't as bad as whaling, you ought to campaign against that".

Then, while campaigning against whaling, someone said to me "this isn't as bad as...".

It is better to do something than nothing and each journey begins with a single step.

-Clare Robbyns, Dyke Road, Brighton