I AM disgusted and sickened by the photograph on last week’s front page which showed a rider falling from his horse while hunting (D&S Times, May 12).

I can’t believe you would publish a photograph like this, or that anyone would take it for that matter, as it clearly shows a helpless animal in distress and potentially a fatal situation.

Has anyone given a second thought to the poor horse in this picture? Very disappointed.

Emma Clarke, Northallerton