"I happened to flick over a channel last night when I came across The Lie of the Land which was already started and probably the most appalling, upsetting and blood thursty reality programme I've watched ever. The first thing I saw was 3 lovely baby calves being shot for no apparent reason, other than (they're not worth enought money because they're a cross breed!!) Well maybe some stupid plonker shouldn't have cross bred them in the first place or at least, allowed it to happen if that is all the dignity they get in their short, sad life. Then to drag and throw their poor dead bodies onto the back of an open truck for all and sundry to see I thought was disgusting. Maybe someone should do it to him and see how he likes it. Yes I'll put up an argument and a fight, any day of the week. Then to see the same farmer, later on in the same programme shooting a horse. teh man whoever he is has made himself grossly unpopular amongst animal lovers all over Britain, with his cold hearted attitude and lack of compasion towards 1), the animals themselves and 2) us innocent viewers who were watching unexpectedly. I see he was also a hunts man, very proud wasn't he sat up on his grey, parading through the country bumpkin village for all to see. I wonder how many of those poor animals (horses and hounds) he actually cares for. This is a very blood thursty man who clearly takes pleasure in causing animals suffering an pain. Okay, fine Mr fox might be a nuisance and a pain to you, but we happen to luv em and I bet he doesn't follow any of the rules about the ban on fox hunting, I bet you!

As for the farmer with the pheasants, I found this extraordinary to watch, but was concerned about the number of birds being packed into a single crate. But please, wish they'd stop moaning, haven't got enought money, being undercut, whatever, they're breeding "game" to play a "game" is all that it really is. How many people out there realise that our common Pheasant originally came from India and how lucky we are to have these birds in our land at all? I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for this guy though, when he was going through the forms of long winded, complicated questions regarding his farming and farm land. Please executives at the top, don't blooming expect simple farmers to understand these complicated, inundating questions.

Throughout the programme there was much focus on the general public and supermarkets and how us general public don't understand what's really happening or how things are in farming today. No we don't know because no-one tells us. Our knowledge of farming is limited, so come out and tell us. Get in our schools, colleges, group meetings and educate us because NO NO we don't know."

"I am writing to register a complaint against the appalling treatment of the animals upon last night’s Channel 4 documentary "The Lie of the Land".

As a committed animal lover, and long term supporter of animal rights and liberation, I found the content and attitude to be most upsetting and in one word, barbaric.

The notion that innocent calves deserved death, because they were "cross bread" is an irresponsible, inhumane and barbaric mind-frame for someone to have when defenceless animals are entrusted into his care. Surely it is not the animals’ fault their individual pedigree had been altered, but rather the irresponsible owner who bread them. These animals could have easily been given to a number of animal rights groups and charities who would have found them homes and shelter. Instead they were murdered.

Equally, one has to wonder, as to whether any of the acts committed during this programme was in keeping with the new regulations of the Animal Welfare Act and previous legislation controlling the conduct and treatment of the welfare of animals.

I must also register my repugnance at seeing him so proudly on his stead at the hunt. Whatever your view on hunting, it is cruel and unnecessary.

What gives anyone the right to declare foxes a "nuisance" for doing what is natural to them? A fox only takes what it needs to survive whereas the same cannot be said for us humans.

If the aim had been to draw sympathy from the populace through that programme, I can assure you that it will not be successful."

Kind regards

1983andrew