New Zealand: A group of children who raised dead cats from a hunting competition drew activists

A Cat hunting A fundraiser was organized at a school New Zealand It did not end as expected. Many children Raised dead animals success and Activists tried to confront the group who rejects measure. The youth shouted “meat” at them, a situation captured on video that soon went viral.

The move, which took place in the Canterbury region, sparked controversy earlier this year when it announced the opening of a unit for under-14s. The children’s division was eventually withdrawn, but the adult competition was maintained under strict rules that allowed hunting of wild boars, opossums, mice and deer.

However, this weekend, the controversy reignited when a group of six animal rights activists protested at the school. They found that many children accompanied the adults who participated in the competition and saw how they carried their prey, wild cats.

Sarah Jackson, spokeswoman for the group Christchurch Animal SavAnd, explained that Children mocked the protestors That “They started yelling ‘meat’ over and over again while swinging the dead cats.”

“Before, the kids said go eat carrots and grass That we are going to die from lack of protein and iron”, Jackson told AFP. “The first thing we saw when we arrived was children doing relay races with the limp bodies of animals on their backs. This includes piglets, rabbits and opossums,” he explained.

A spokesman for the organization added that the demonstrators They had to leave the event after more than 100 children started singingAccording to the site Newshub. Despite everything, Jackson promised to have “sympathy” for the children, and affirmed that the youth did. They were “brainwashed”. in the environment in which they were raised.

When the controversy was established, the organizers of the tournament informed the local media The protestors provoked the children. In turn, they said critics of the competition were forgetting the devastating impact on wildlife in the country.

In fact, the country’s conservation department maintains that feral cats hunt and kill endangered birds, bats and lizards. However, promoting activity among children has been overrun by controversy.

The competition was organized to raise funds for this purpose A school in RotherhamA small village in the South Island of New Zealand.

With information from AFP

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