Animal welfare groups in South Africa failed to prevent the opening of a week-long “driven hunt” in which foreign hunters pay to shoot wildlife that is herded past them. Taking aim from purpose-built platforms, hunters can shoot at hundreds of wild animals as they pass, including baboons, warthogs, and antelope. Just two months after the slaughter of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, the hunt has rekindled controversy over the killing of wildlife for sport.
Link: The Telegraph