LETTER: Cannibalism, cookery and kuru victims

Sir: Yes, buy organic beef if you must - but nobody has to eat beef at all. In all my 84 years I have never eaten beef or any other meat, poultry or fish, and I'm considered pretty fit for my age. Let it be said at once, loudly and clearly: slaughtering animals for food is a dreadful way to make a living.

Maurice Walshe

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire