Who said it's a sport. It's a pay and shoot set up. Nothing more nothing less. What happens when the Hunting season is closed - the business would have to cease hunting ??. The Govt is not going to rescind Hunting season regulations just to allow a single enterprise to run out of season hunts. If people want to pay to shoot an animal - as long as its done in a safe manner and the animal was well looked after/ healthy etc - no problem here. EDIT: The article (purposely) neglects to inform us the size of the fenced 'pens' , it's on a total 37 000 hectare Fenced Estate. The photo of the animals all lined up are after the had been shot and then placed there by the Estate workers, were for Health Regulations as i suspect they are not able to leave dead and rotting carcasses on the Estate grounds to be eaten by the Wild boar and potentially contaminating the remaining living live stock. Oh btw the animals (wild boar and deer) are not endangered and according to whats in the article appear to be proliferate and over-numbered requiring regular culling - hence the shoot off. This is deliberate agi-prop sensational reporting ...