Having first read the report in the Wiltshire Gazette & Herald about that appalling attack on Hector the donkey I first had to write.

If the person or people are caught, then may I suggest first put them in the stocks.

Name and shame even if they are ‘under age’. If they can inflict such cruelty then this must be addressed.

Furthermore, with other attacks on defenceless animals, when caught I would suggest hard labour.

Name and address supplied.