The hunter has become the hunted. The predator is now the quarry. Cecil the lion, a once-mighty symbol of the natural world, has been slain, and now it is his killer, Walter Palmer, who is on the run.

People angered by the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe are being urged to donate to efforts to save Africa's dwindling population of the big cats, and some animal-rights activists are pushing for African countries to stop trophy hunting.

Mother and her two daughters are among the hundreds who have staged a protest outside dental practice of man who killed Cecil.

US dentist who achieved worldwide notoriety for killing the most famous lion in Africa paid out US$127,500 to settle lawsuit.

Montaperto is a true country girl. It was a year before boyfriend Jaimee Ellis saw her in makeup or a dress.

A missing Coromandel man who failed to return from an overnight hunting trip was located on Thursday evening down the bottom of a bluff near his home.

Stephen Dickson carries ferrets down the front of his jersey when he is out rabbiting in Wanaka. He uses ferrets as an alternative to shooting and poisoning rabbits in rural areas. Source: Otago Daily Times/Youtube

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council has reminded hunters about firearm safety after two hunting tragedies last month.

A hunter who was reported missing in the Coromandel State Forest Park, near Hikutaia, has been found.

The father of a Southland man shot during a hunting trip to Stewart Island, has pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm.

Marilyn Edge is preparing to say goodbye to husband Murray after the hunter's body was found near Timaru on Monday.

A pig hunter is in a critical condition after being accidentally shot in the back in the NSW south west slopes region.

Police said they arrested an Invercargill man in relation to the fatal shooting of Samuel Phillip Long on March 23.

The school attended by a teenage boy who shot himself in a tragic hunting accident will close on Thursday as a mark of respect.

Jamie Johnston never got the chance to give his mother Ginny her Mother's Day present after a duck hunting trip went horribly wrong.

A missing Auckland hunter who sparked a search-and-rescue effort has turned up safe and well.

If there's one thing that will bring Murray Edge home safely, it's a simple threat: Come home or the tree gets chopped.

The wife of missing Dunedin hunter Murray Edge is losing hope, saying 'it's a bloody good way for him to go.'

A young man shot in the back in a hunting accident was luckily bending down emptying stones from his boots when his mate fired the bullet.

A wounded hunter has described the moment he was accidentally shot by a friend - a feeling he likened to having a “hot, sharp metal rod” smashed across his back.

Some take part in a competition to kill as many rabbits as possible. Animal expert Sally Hibbard questions the 24th Annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt.

Hunters are being urged to give ducks a fighting chance of surviving the annual season which starts in four weeks.

The young Invercargill man shot dead on Stewart Island had helped build a hunters' hut on the island with his father and been on the local deerstalkers association's executive.

Police have released the name of a young hunter shot dead on Stewart Island yesterday.