Anti-hunt lobby lose by landslide in the polls

YOUR report on the foxhunting opinion poll (Irish Examiner, April 9) was most interesting.

It reminded me of the Mark Twain adage about ‘lies, damned lies and statistics.’

Since her appointment as Northern Ireland campaign manager for the so-called League against Cruel Sports, Fiona Smith has, in the long tradition of that organisation, bombarded the media with press releases couched in emotive language and soundbites about hunting. Words such as ‘barbaric’, ‘inhumane’ and ‘bloodthirsty’ pepper her press releases and are as misleading as they are almost comically inappropriate.