WE refer to your claim that 'Ten years on from the ban the hunt tradition remains strong' (Hereford Times, January 1). We want simply to state that we believe that the opposition to hunting foxes and stags with dogs remains even stronger and that re-legalisation of that abominable so-called 'sport' is as unlikely to happen as is a return of cock-fighting and bear-baiting.

NEVILLE AND HAZEL FOWLER Weston-Under-Penyard