6 OCTOBER 1984, Page 23

Breaking the mole

Sir: Moles are so destructive of carefully and expensively tended lawns, no death, in my view, can be too painful or prolonged (Letters, 29 September). I suggest, there- fore, that when, by whatever means, the little beasts are apprehended, they be buried alive.

Richard Comben

30 Gloucester Road, London W3