READING your article about the stabbing of Storm, the eight-month-old German Shepherd puppy, brought tears to my eyes (How sick can you get? The Press, May 2).

Whoever did this is sick and evil. If caught, and I hope to God they are, they should be given the harshest possible custodial sentence and, preferably, be locked up with hardened criminals who are animal-lovers.

Paul S Cordock, Durlston Drive, Strensall, York.