Voting with their feet

AS the new Tesco Express prepares to open in Little Common, I note with interest the message 'Caring for the Environment' emblazoned across the window. This is the UK-based company which sells live turtles and toads in its stores in China. These poor creatures are either killed instore in the most inhumane manner possible or sold live to be taken home and boiled alive for soup. I hope that local animal lovers will vote with their feet and give this new store a miss - the existing Co-Op provides a suitably ethical alternative.