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more effectively than the Scottish wildcat.

We could choose to ignore the facts and leave the tap open for the flood to continue. If we do, we should expect to lose the Scottish wildcat in its freerangingstate,andtolosemuch other wildlife to the spreading colonisation of our environment. We shall have failed our farmers and land managers who are on the receiving end of cat colonisation, and the important cat-loving public who feel great distress at the thought of homeless cats and their offspring enduring atrocious conditions that they wouldn’t inflict on their own pets at home. If this were a referendum, 90 per cent of cat owners would have voted “neuter” and “microchip”.

Yet the actions of the small minority completely outweigh the good work of the vast majority. It’s a strange kind of democracy when the deliberate choices of a few undermine the wellbeing of the majority – and the health of our natural environment.

(DR) ELLIE STIRLING North Mains of Kinnettles, Forfar In your report of 2 August on how the SNP’S pro-eu stance lost votes an SNP spokesperson says: “The people of Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU.” In fact the Remain vote represented 42 per cent of the Scottish electorate, which surely contrasts overwhelmingly with the 47 per cent voting No to separatism in 2014 – an inconvenient comparison never highlighted by the SNP in its dark world of “false truths”! RONALD JOHNSTON

St Ola, Orkney The Scottish electorate 11 years ago had high hopes for the SNP government as a breath of fresh air in Scottish politics, and hopes for a better future, but sadly all these hopes have turned into dreams. As support for the SNP diminishes there is little chance of any dramatic change in Scotland’s outlook as we get used to the persistent SNP failures in our education and health services. DENNIS FORBES GRATTAN

Mugiemoss Road Bucksburn, Aberdeen