Sir - Like Roberta Balfour ("So pleased by council banning awful snares", Worcester News, November 12th), I'd like to congratulate Worcester City Council for banning the use of snares on its land.

Although the whole council deserves praise for this wise and humane decision, a special word of thanks must be reserved for Green Party councillor Neil Laurenson, who started the process that eventually led to the ban.

As someone who cares deeply about the plight of animals, his action has further strengthened my resolve to vote for the Green Party at the next election.

I have studied all the parties' policies in relation to animal protection and have found that the Greens are streets ahead of all the others in their concern for our fellow creatures.

The Green Party would end the badger cull, ban all animal experiments, abolish the fur trade, end the use of all animals in circuses, strengthen the law against hunting, abolish shooting and snaring, ban live exports and end factory farming.

In addition, the Greens' strong policies on the environment would help wild animals by protecting and conserving their habitats.

That's why they'll get my vote in May and, I'm quite sure, the votes of many other caring and compassionate people too.

Peter Talbot

Worcester