THE number of people persecuted in the name of science has to be minuscule in comparison to those persecuted and killed in the misused name of religion and to dispute that is just plain silly.


Furthermore, anyone who can assume that animals have no power of reasoning or are incapable of returning affection to a human being in at least equal measure really does need to get to know more about them and recent scientific findings.
I think Tom McCarthy could have learned something from St Francis.
We share this world with animals, especially the domesticated ones, and are darned lucky to do so!
Walt Jackson Llantrisant Usk