The repairs to the bridge at Staveley is being held up by crayfish! We now have an organisation campaigning for the introduction of the Lynx.

Beavers have been introduced in Scotland and are running out of control. There's another organisation wanting to introduce wolves.

Grey squirrels were introduced many years ago and are now out of control. The badger population is out of control because a preservation order was put on them.

The fox population has increased and hens and lambs are being murdered by the hundreds because the 'do gooders' had hunting banned.

The RSPB wants to flood the Lyth Valley for a habitat for marsh birds, despite the fact they have hundreds, nay thousands, of acres already flooded for this very purpose. There's a guy from Manchester wants all the sheep off the hills (George somebody) so that they can go back to shrub.

Could anyone please tell me when a sanctuary for the human species will be introduced, because at this rate we're going to need one soon?

J. Robinson

 Old Hutton