SIR – I would like to thank all of your readers who shopped in Sainsbury’s during Farm Animal Week (June 18 to 24) and helped raise money for farm animals by choosing RSPCA Freedom Food labelled products.

A whopping £31,600 was raised for the RSPCA after Sainsbury’s kindly donated 5p from every selected Freedom Food product bought in store during the week.

This money will be put towards further helping improve the lives of more than 900 million animals reared for food each year – most of which are kept in conditions which the RSPCA doesn’t think are good enough.

Generous shoppers also helped raise nearly £15,000 for cats, dogs and other animals, by making donations to RSPCA branches outside many Sainsbury’s stores.

Rachel Horton, RSPCA regional representative