I presume Wendy Taylor (Letters, April 4) is a fruitarian.

Fruitarians are generally those who have evolved through vegetarianism and veganism, to a stage where they not only practice harmlessness to all animal life but also abstain from vegetable produce which involves the destruction of a plant and in turn insect life.

An abundance of avacados, a fruitie has told me, can sustain a human almost indefinitely. The number of life-long veggies is increasing but most of us and, I dare to say, even Mrs Taylor, ate meat before we "saw the light".

Accordingly, the positive action of all non-violent animal rights activists should be encouraged. Society shall not be changed by pedantry.

-William Fraser, Summerheath Road, Hailsham