Rescuing lioness Kimba made me roar with delight!

pounds 100 Thank you, Sunday Mirror, for bringing the plight of Kimba the lioness to the notice of all your readers.

I'm not surprised you got such a response to your appeal for cash to save her.

I could not wait to get my Sunday Mirror last week to see the pictures of Kimba being rescued.

I was overjoyed at the outcome - what a wonderful result. I didn't win the Lottery last weekend, but just knowing that Kimba had been rescued made me feel good!

Thanks a million to all your generous readers. - Mrs. H. Jacklin, Long Eaton, Notts.

pounds 5 I just had to write to you and say well done for letting the world know about tragic Kimba.

I cried my eyes out when I read your story. I knew straight away she would be saved by the good old English public.

Well done to Sharon Feinstein for her moving story, to the Sunday Mirror and the people who cared so much to help her get out of her hell hole.

It's a shame we couldn't bring the owner back and stick HIM in a cage! Your story made my day. Bless you. - Mrs I. Maslen, Hanworth, Middx.

pounds 5 What a feeling last week on reading my Sunday Mirror and finding that my few pounds scraped together, and which I couldn't really afford, had made such a big impact (along with everyone else's). Kimba was free and in sanctuary in England.

I feel on top of the world that I helped to do this. It shows what people CAN do when we work together. - Mrs M. Smith, West Yorks.

There's no doubt about it...you're the best "family" of readers in Britain! Together, there's NOTHING we can't achieve.

pounds 5 Since we are living in the reign of Queen Elizabeth we can quite rightly be described as Elizabethans, though perhaps not of the same calibre as the first Elizabethans such as Drake and Raleigh. What concerns me is this: what will we be termed when Prince Charles becomes king - Charlies?

Even more worrying is what will we be called when Prince William ascends the throne. Any ideas? - Robert Jones, Macduff, Banffshire.

Time for a referendum: are you a Proper Charlie or a Little Willie?

pounds 5 I laughed at the letter last week from a couple who had a disastrous holiday experience and would like to tell you of some of the funny notices I saw on my recent travels. In a chemist in Bangkok - "Specialist in women and other diseases"; in a Hong Kong bar - "Special cocktails for ladies and nuts"; at a Nairobi zoo - "Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food give it to the guard on duty." - A. Berry, Grimsby, South Humberside.

pounds 5 The second day of our Spanish holiday my husband shaved off his beard because of the heat. The following day he shaved off his moustache too.

The next day as we came downstairs we passed two girls and I overheard one say: "I don't know what she's got, but that's the third bloke she's come down to breakfast with. - L. Coyne, Great Barr, B'ham.

Thanks for all those stories - you DO get up to some capers on hols!

pounds 5 Why is it that so many so-called poor countries have such large armies and are able to buy expensive weaponry when their people are badly housed and short of food?

Surely their leaders have got their priorities wrong - or do they need the arms and soldiers to ensure that they retain power? - Peter McNally, Dagenham, Essex.

And why are we the world's No.2 arms exporter to those countries?

pounds 5 The Government is wrong to charge a windfall tax. Any company making obscene profits should be made to reduce their prices by 50 per cent. This would benefit everyone, except a few shareholders. It is not super efficiency that makes their profit, just overpricing. - Les Dutton, Moortown, Leeds.

Where would that leave Mark McCormack, Labour's Millennium millionaire?

pounds 5 So William Hague has completed his Shadow Cabinet. With that lot he'll never reach the Premiership.

They'll soon be stumbling over their own feet like the last lot. - Mr F. Butler, Warrington, Cheshire.

I hope you're right, Mr B (see my comment above!)

Grant her mercy

I'm amazed to read in your paper that sweet-looking Janet Dibley ends up having a screen affair with EastEnders' Phil Mitchell.

He must be the biggest slob in the soaps, with his permanent stubble, greasy overalls and miserable scowl. Save yourself for Grant Mitchell, I say! - Name and address supplied

Give up a slob for a psycho? No wonder you're anonymous!

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