A horrible end for noble beasts

WITH all these news stories about horsemeat in burgers has anybody actually thought of what these poor horses have gone through before being slaughtered?

Thousands of horses and other farm animals are transported from one end of Europe to the other every year, often with no rest, food or water. Laws are regularly flouted. The food chain has become far too complicated, untraceable and unethical in a bid for profit. Animals are not commodities.

If any readers feel the same, please contact Compassion in World Farming, the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare who are all running various petitions to stop this from happening.

Spent force

From: Tim Mickleburgh, Boulevard Avenue, Grimsby.

MANY in work are getting wage increases well below the rate of inflation, if they’re getting any rise at all. Similarly benefits for those of working age will go up by just one per cent this year, with people having to pay something towards council tax for the first time. In that case, how can we hope that the economy will grow when people have less in real spending power?

Harsh lesson

From: M Harrison, Kendal Gardens, Castleford.

DURING the 1960s, Dewsbury Council held lessons for immigrants at the Technical College for free to enable them to learn how to speak English. The liaison officer at the time said that these lessons had to be eventually cancelled due to lack of attendance.