Pet peeve

SIR – I wonder whether Jeremy Corbyn has thought through his pledge to give renters the right to keep pets (report, February 14).

A tenant of mine in a terraced house recently vacated following the discovery of unauthorised pets. There was a large hairy dog, a burrowing owl flying free and a full-grown European eagle owl, with a wingspan of well over 5ft, tethered in the living room.

We later found out that many other animals had been kept at the house over some years. The carpets have had to be replaced and the house re-decorated throughout. The deposit barely covered a tenth of the damage. Nick Pope

Reading, Berkshire