Protesters allege school children used dead cats to taunt them at New Zealand animal hunt weigh-in.

A New Zealand school's "cat hunt" fundraiser has caused outrage after children dangled dead feral cats in front of animal rights activists while chanting "meat, meat, meat." The junior category was eventually scrapped following public uproar, with activists arguing novice hunters might accidentally take out someone's beloved pet instead of a feral pest. The adult version of the feral cat section went ahead with a series of strict rules in place, alongside categories for wild pigs, possums, rats, and deer. Feral cats present a major headache for New Zealand's conservation department, which says they hunt and kill endangered birds as well as bats and lizards.