LAST Friday morning I was unfortunate enough to have to listen to Brian Iddon's comment on radio regarding fox hunting.

His comments just put the hunting ban in the perspective when he said "now hunting with dogs is banned, huntsmen and the like can still get on their horse and go down the pub and parade in fancy dress as before".

That comment is what this ban is all about and a downright slur on law-abiding country folk that have lived and breathed country pursuits for centuries. Hunting, to hunting men and dogs is a natural thing, but today in this new world we have men marrying men, women marrying women - both unnatural acts. I don't agree with either, but it is accepted.

Live and let live - except the fox that regularly kills my poultry.

Bill Partington

Daisy Hill Farm

Hindley