Victoria animal paramour kills three cats with bow and arrow, Daily Mail Online
‘Animal paramour’, 20, kills three cats with a bow and arrow – but she claims they needed to be shot because they’re feral
By Khaleda Rahman For Daily Mail Australia 08:13 BST twenty one Jun 2017, updated 12:38 BST twenty one Jun two thousand seventeen
- Renee Sullivan, of Bendigo, Victoria, collective pictures of her prey on Facebook
- Some blasted her deeds, but others said culling of feral animals was needed
- Ms Sullivan said the cats needed to be killed because they were dangerous
- But RSPCA said that bowhunting was not a humane way to kill the creatures
An animal-loving hunter has sparked a debate after killing three cats with a bow and arrow, claiming they needed to be shot because they’re ‘feral.’
Renee Sullivan, 20, of Bendigo, Victoria, collective pictures of herself in camouflage gear, holding her weapon in front of her kills on Facebook this week.
‘Today I managed to wait these guys out and get my very first kill of species, three cats. One glad chappy,’ she captioned the picture.
Her post sparked backlash from some who blasted what she did as ‘barbaric.’
But Ms Sullivan, a self-described cat paramour who says she has volunteered at an animal welfare agency, but others praised her for culling ‘feral’ animals.
She defended her deeds by telling the cats she killed would have preyed on other animals.
Ms Sullivan hunted the animals on a friend’s property, where they posed a risk to newborn lambs, she told the Bendigo Advertiser.
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‘I’m a bowhunter, I kill animals,’ she added on Facebook.
‘I killed these cats because they were gonna grow up to become lamb and wildlife killers.’
She added: ‘I have been watching [the cats] the last duo times I have been out here.
‘They were born feral and they remain feral, they had no chance at being domesticated.
‘I managed to wait them out so I shot them, instant death straight through the chest.’
She added: ‘There are many people who do this, I am not the only one.’
But RSPCA Victoria contradicted her claims that the deaths were humane – telling even an arrow from the most skilled marksperson wouldn’t result in instant death.
Albeit chief executive officer Liz Walker conceded that in some circumstances, it is necessary to control the population of wild animals, she insisted bowhunting was not the way to do so.
‘When an animal is fatally shot with a bow, it can take several minutes for them to die and it will suffer severe anguish over this period due to the high level of tissue trauma and harm to organs,’ Dr Walker told the Advertiser.
Ms Sullivan says she’s been inundated with messages sticking her hunting, but urged her critics to research feral cats.
However, when asked about why she photographed her kills, she said that without a photo ‘you can’t claim it.’
On Instagram, she has collective pictures of rabbits she has shot and said that she’d like to hunt deer.
The Australian Bowhunters Association, which she is a part of, has guidelines on how hunters should photograph their kills – including making sure no arrows are still in them and no pictures to be taken of bloody animals.
Victoria animal paramour kills three cats with bow and arrow, Daily Mail Online
‘Animal paramour’, 20, kills three cats with a bow and arrow – but she claims they needed to be shot because they’re feral
By Khaleda Rahman For Daily Mail Australia 08:13 BST twenty one Jun 2017, updated 12:38 BST twenty one Jun two thousand seventeen
- Renee Sullivan, of Bendigo, Victoria, collective pictures of her prey on Facebook
- Some blasted her deeds, but others said culling of feral animals was needed
- Ms Sullivan said the cats needed to be killed because they were dangerous
- But RSPCA said that bowhunting was not a humane way to kill the creatures
An animal-loving hunter has sparked a debate after killing three cats with a bow and arrow, claiming they needed to be shot because they’re ‘feral.’
Renee Sullivan, 20, of Bendigo, Victoria, collective pictures of herself in camouflage gear, holding her weapon in front of her kills on Facebook this week.
‘Today I managed to wait these guys out and get my very first kill of species, three cats. One blessed chappy,’ she captioned the photo.
Her post sparked backlash from some who blasted what she did as ‘barbaric.’
But Ms Sullivan, a self-described cat paramour who says she has volunteered at an animal welfare agency, but others praised her for culling ‘feral’ animals.
She defended her deeds by telling the cats she killed would have preyed on other animals.
Ms Sullivan hunted the animals on a friend’s property, where they posed a risk to newborn lambs, she told the Bendigo Advertiser.
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‘I’m a bowhunter, I kill animals,’ she added on Facebook.
‘I killed these cats because they were gonna grow up to become lamb and wildlife killers.’
She added: ‘I have been watching [the cats] the last duo times I have been out here.
‘They were born feral and they remain feral, they had no chance at being domesticated.
‘I managed to wait them out so I shot them, instant death straight through the chest.’
She added: ‘There are many people who do this, I am not the only one.’
But RSPCA Victoria contradicted her claims that the deaths were humane – telling even an arrow from the most skilled marksperson wouldn’t result in instant death.
Albeit chief executive officer Liz Walker conceded that in some circumstances, it is necessary to control the population of wild animals, she insisted bowhunting was not the way to do so.
‘When an animal is fatally shot with a bow, it can take several minutes for them to die and it will suffer severe ache over this period due to the high level of tissue trauma and harm to organs,’ Dr Walker told the Advertiser.
Ms Sullivan says she’s been inundated with messages sticking her hunting, but urged her critics to research feral cats.
However, when asked about why she photographed her kills, she said that without a photo ‘you can’t claim it.’
On Instagram, she has collective pictures of rabbits she has shot and said that she’d like to hunt deer.
The Australian Bowhunters Association, which she is a part of, has guidelines on how hunters should photograph their kills – including making sure no arrows are still in them and no pictures to be taken of bloody animals.