RSPCA calls for SA bow hunting ban after suspicious death of sea lion

The discovery of a dead Australian sea lion with a longbow arrow embedded close to its head has sparked renewed calls for a ban on all bow hunting in South Australia.

RSPCA SA’s animal welfare advocate Rebekah Eyers said the organisation was appalled to hear of the incident on Kangaroo Island.

“All types of bows should be banned for hunting, simply because there is no way that any kind of bow can humanely kill an animal,” Dr Eyers said.

It comes as a…