YOUR article ("Protests as hunters begin culling 350,000 baby seals," ECHO, April 14) drew readers' attention to the cruel slaughter in Canada.
Despite world condemnation, the killing is being defended and even promoted by the Canadian government.
This year, as you report, as many as 350,000 will have been killed. In 2001 the hunt was monitored by independent vets and experts who found that up to 42% were skinned while conscious. Scant regard is paid to laws governing the slaughter, as the Canadian government ignores evidence of breaches of the regulations.
Something has to be done. Until Canada stops clubbing helpless seals to death, Respect For Animals urges people to please boycott Canada as a tourist destination.
IN answer about trams making a noise (ECHO April 20).
Any vehicle with steel wheels running on steel track will obviously make a lot of noise.
The vehicle that makes a lot less noise is the trolley bus, running on pneumatic tyres.
The advantages of using the trolley bus: They are quieter, they are manoeuvrable (can stop at the kerb), no road surface would have to be disturbed, they could be up and running in the time it takes to erect the over-head power lines and would probably cost millions of pounds less.
Mr J Gee, Norris Green
Paving slip
AS A resident of the Holy Land area (Liverpool L8 4TQ), I fully support the residents of Garston for not wanting asphalt put down instead of paving flags.
I would like to mention that the Holy Land area some years back had asphalt laid down on the sidewalks by the Liberal council. We then had a change of council, which put back the paving flags, because of the amount of people slipping in the winter on the asphalt.
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