SIR: I was very upset after reading an article about Mad Cow Disease (BEN, March 30). The article was saying that our cows should be shipped over to Cambodia and allowed to roam freely and detonate millions of land mines.

I feel this is a disgusting and cruel way to rid our country of our cows, when it was our country which got the helpless cows into this mess in the first place. If our Government sat down and thought about these poor animals, surely they could come up with a half decent way to put them out of their misery which will cause them the least distress.

Mrs C Catterall

Chorley New Road, Horwich

Editor's Note: The story concerned was a report of an extract from the newspaper, Cambodia Daily. We doubt that the suggestion was serious

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