YOUR article on New Year’s Day hunting has set me thinking.

My business has a serious pest control problem, and I wonder if either of the hunts mentioned could help me with it?

I run the flying side of things at Wombleton Aerodrome, and we have been plagued by this particular nuisance for several years. Live and let live has failed – these creatures just seemed to take advantage of any kindness, and the final straw came a few years ago when several aircraft had to circle the airfield for a very long time because a large pack of them had settled on the runway and refused to move. Pilots have been faced with them running in front of aircraft on take off and landing, and trying to bolt into turning propellers.

All our attempts to move them from the aerodrome have failed. They still roam at will and endanger lives. I watched a pack of them running amok here last Wednesday, presumably foraging for foxes, or possibly cats. They have taken no notice whatsoever of my demands that they leave my property, and so I wonder if the Derwent or the Saltersgate could rid me of them.

I would not want these pests killed, since I think that may be not only cruel but illegal, and they are only pursuing a base instinct, after all. The pests, by the way, are known locally as the Sinnington Hunt.

EDEN BLYTH
Wrelton