SIR - Re the letter Appalling cruelty' (T&A, September 12) I fully agree with Jenny Sampson's sentiments but would take it even more drastically.

As this happened in a professional bird factory, the punishment must fit the crime and they must be prevented from ever doing something similar in the future and be closed down immediately.

If this costs jobs and brings hardship to the workers that is just too bad.

Phil Boase, Elizabeth Street, Wyke