After wide spread out rage and back lash a school in the South Island of New Zealand has stopped a hunting competition.  Patrick Gower, an NZ journalist has spoken on TV saying the event should include the killing of feral cats and even said he'd personally reward the kid with the most...

This is an outrage, it encourages children under the age of 14 to use guns and to kill animals.

As history as shown  alot of psychopaths started killing animals before they killed people.

And as many have pointed out alot of pets would get caught in the cross fire.  How do know the difference between a stray from a domestic or feral cat   I think Patrick Gower needs to be held accountable for encouraging such foul behaviour and fired...

This competition includes possums, rats and other wild life and should never be allowed to start up again 

In a world with growing gun violence would we really be encouraging children to shoot and kill in mass numbers.