I WRITE regarding a letter from your correspondent Pat Stokes-Smith (Advertiser, December 3).

I suggest your writer is in the minority when it comes to fox hunting.

It’s my opinion the fox is vermin – a rat with a bushy tail.

It kills domesticated animals for the fun of it although there is plenty of food in the wild.

It’s impossible to police fox hunting so it doesn’t matter if there is a law or not. Since the so-called ban, fox hunting has probably become more popular.

If it’s any consolation, Pat Stokes-Smith, the fox will survive and so will hunting and I suggest you make an application to join the real world.

There will be a waiting list, however, such as politicians and bankers.

DAVE Squibb, Hillside, Ludlow.