Portugal outrage after Spanish hunters massacre 500 wild animals

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Portugal outrage after Spanish hunters massacre 500 wild animals

24 December 2020

Portuguese officials have expressed outrage at the massacre of more than 500 deer and wild boar in a hunting zone in the centre of the country.

Environment Minister João Fernandes said the killing by 16 Spanish hunters was "vile" and an "environmental crime" that should be prosecuted.

Pictures of the slaughter were shared on social media.

Hunting individual animals is allowed but in this incident most of the zone's deer population are said to have died.

The killing is thought to have taken place on a farm in the Torrebela tourist hunting zone, near Azambuja, about 40km (24 miles) from the Portuguese capital Lisbon on 17 and 18 December.

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[Guilded Lilly]

1. Without any regret, I abhor these murdering, wretched men.

[exboyfil]

2. No limit?

Where they culling for some reason (disease)?

It appears they are just being aholes. Where the animals even dressed and the meat harvested. It doesn't look like it.

You really have to wonder about folks who just want to kill something that is confined in a fixed space. These aren't clay pigeons.

[CrispyQ]

3. No words. Just heartbreak. -nt

[Ponietz]

4. What respect I have left for humanity ebbs more each day

Murderous apes with guns.