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Letter of the month
Letter of the monthLetter of the monthSir - Regarding your article about the ‘epidemic levels’ of the yellow weed ragwort (News, 30 August), next spring a number of skeletal horses will be taken in by the rescue charities. Large numbers will have liver damage from eating ragwort and most will not recover. There has been a lot of haymaking in the late August sunshine. Ragwort has had all summer to take hold and thrive in the warm, wet conditions and horse owners should beware of buying hay unless they have seen the grassland beforehand and know it is ragwort-free. As we all know, ragwort is more palatable when dry and a hungry horse will eat it on a cold winter’s day. The effects are not instant, but ultimately, they are deadly. Sally Learoyd Tresaith, Cardigan 
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