Many residents believe killing feral animals should only be done by qualified, professional hunters such as park rangers, who understand when, how and why to kill animals in a humane, supervised manner, and not by amateur shooters doing it disguised as a healthy outdoor activity of benefit to the community.

It is an even more dangerous event when it gives free admission and shooting encouragement to children at a time when they should be learning empathy for living creatures and not how to kill them with bullets or arrows.

Great emphasis is given in the HuntFest article  to its photography competition, with examples of animals  “tastefully” displayed after or just before they have been killed. Far better photos of living animals in their natural environments will be displayed at the “Animals in the Wild” exhibition to be enjoyed  the Gallery Bodalla this weekend.       

I object to the description of huntfest in Narooma as simply "a family fun day", ignoring the fact that it is promoting the sale and increased use of firearms in our shire.

We need to be vigilant against the language used, and the creepting influence of NRA type promotion in Australia.

I am writing this from an overseas holiday as I’m so distressed to find that you have been advertising the HuntFest as a family fun day.

Guns will be sold there and this is clearly not something we want our children exposed to. Only two days ago there was another shooting in Canada, a country very like Australia.

I trust that you will take more care in future articles on the subject.