YOBS killed a pigeon after shooting a catapult at the animal before then taking aim at a fox in a nearby park, according to campaigners.
A pair of teens were allegedly seen shooting stones at a pigeon on the corner of Elmhurst Avenue and High Road, Benfleet.
Members of the Suffolk and Essex hunt saboteurs association claim the same group were then seen a mile away firing a catapult at foxes in Benfleet’s Richmond Park
A passerby stepped in to protect the foxes and it is not believed any were injured.
However, the campaign group claim two dead crows found in Richmond Hall car park appear to have been shot with a catapult as well.