Suzanne Moore comments that the killers of women receive a shorter sentence than those convicted for killing rhinos (G2, 23 October). She misses a point. The criminal syndicates who recruit poachers are also running prostitution and money-laundering rackets, and running drugs and guns. Clamp down on wildlife crime and you tackle these problems too. We’re on the same side.
Cathy Dean
Director, Save the Rhino International
• We shouldn’t just blame Facebook and Amazon – which political party will promise to root out each tradesman who doesn’t charge VAT in return for a cash payment (Loose canon, 25 October)? The return could fill the NHS spending hole in no time.
Aled Owen
Manchester
• A popup within a Guardian webpage asked whether I would complete a survey, saying you’d like to change your paper to better suit your readers’ tastes. OK. What age group? 65+. Thank you for your time. Finish.
Michael Cadoux
York
• This is not the first time the Guardian has discussed the class status of curly kale (Cook, 25 October). Some 35 years ago, Wendy Weber, Laura Ashley-dressed Earth mother, advocated cheap and nutritious kale for the working classes, although it did require cooking for a very long time to make it palatable. Bring back Posy Simmonds and the Silent Three.
Eileen Davis
Wokingham, Berkshire
• Mass extinctions, runaway global warming, endemic human strife and violence. Could it be the Finalscene (Letters, 25 October)?
Bill Cook
Eynort, Isle of Skye
