AS a regular visitor to Stroud and reader of Stroud Life it is always a great pleasure to see the amazing photographs that people send in of the wonderful wildlife to be found in the area.

It is a great pity, therefore, that Neil Carmichael, the MP for Stroud, has stated his intention to vote to relegalise the hounding and slaughtering for so-called sport of some of the species of animal celebrated each week in the paper.

How can those politicians like Mr Carmichael say they want to fashion a better society when they can't co-exist peacefully with wildlife and they support such barbaric and backward activity?

Chris Gale, Chippenham, Wiltshire