THE RSPCA is disappointed the SA Government is again allowing what it describes as the cruel practice of duck and quail hunting.
Environment Minister Paul Caica announced on Monday that the duck and quail hunting seasons would begin next month.
Hunters will be allowed to bag 12 ducks or 25 quail per day.
RSPCA chief executive Neale Sutton said thousands of birds would be killed or injured in the name of sport.
"It's not just the senseless deaths that the RSPCA finds so appalling," he said.
"The brutal process of firing dozens of steel pellets into a flock of birds can leave countless others with horrific injuries.
"It's already been banned in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland and it's about time SA caught up."
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