Nous sommes Cecil | Letters

Can all those who are justifiably outraged at the killing of Cecil the lion (Report, 29 July) now join the protests against the "canned hunting" of lions in South Africa. These are lions bred in captivity for the sole purpose of being shot, inside fenced-off enclosures, by wealthy trophy hunters. It seems the so-called Rainbow State cannot recognise the beauty of a lion's skin, or see the rivers of blood that run from the ranches where these magnificent creatures are killed.
Mark Stewart
Tolworth, Surrey

" Nearly 20 years ago I was lucky enough to visit the Galipagos Islands. I have supported the Galipagos Conservation Trust ever since. If I told people that the reason for that was that I wanted to go back to the islands, stamp on a finch, behead a tortoise and garotte an iguana, they would assume I was a psychopath. If you want to preserve species, how about paying huge amounts of dosh to kill them and then, you know, not doing it?
Judith Mackinlay
Manchester