REGARDING the shooting of the dog in Flushing (Packet, February 22), the behaviour of the farmer was disgraceful.

Shooting a dog when he could have just shooed it away and in front of children who were trying to call the dog back is nothing less than an act of cruel brutishness.

The behaviour of the police in adhering to some backward old medieval law, rather than do the right thing and prosecute this brute, is just as disgraceful.

As for the RSPCA – what is your purpose if not to prosecute animal cruelty?

Behaviour like this makes me ashamed to be British!

R G Hingston, Conway Road, Falmouth