Madam, - Was it really necessary to publish the sickening picture of a bull doing a "shoulder stand" which accompanied Michael Foley's article in your edition of August 14th on the Bezier Bullfight Festival? This truly appalling cruelty cannot be condoned and it is difficult to understand why it has not yet been banned by the European Parliament. - Yours, etc.,
CARMEL COURTNEY, Sandyford Road, Dublin 16.