Animal rights organisations are concerned pets could be killed during event and animals could suffer ‘prolonged’ deaths
hunting competition has prompted uproar over a new category where children compete to kill as many feral cats as possible for a cash prize.
Prospective entrants were warned that killing anyone’s beloved pet would see them expelled from the running: any children who produced dead microchipped cats would have their entire entry disqualified. Department of Conservation principal scientist Craig Gillies said the department “supports control of feral cats, provided it is undertaken by experienced people using approved humane methods,” but noted that “feral and domesticated cats are the same species [and] determining a difference between the two is virtually impossible.”
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