Over 400 deer and boar slaughtered by paying hunters in vile 'orgy of blood and death'

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450 deer and wild boar were slaughtered in just one day in a vile hunting expedition environmentalists have slammed as an "orgy of blood and death".The mass killing and commercial hunt took place on a private estate in Los Posteruelos, Spain, near the Andalusian Hills.

With 70 hunters taking part in the expedition, roughly 447 animals were penned in by fences so they couldn't escape the gunfire.

Participants were each charged €1,000 (£850) for the shoot, which is currently legal under Spanish law.But environmentalist groups and animal rights activists have argued that penning the animals in and fencing off their freedom is unethical.Groups have condemned the hunt after images of the animal carcasses were shared online.Animal rights groups also allege that each hunter killed around six or seven animals, a figure that polls much higher than an average day's hunt.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Want all the latest shocking news and views from all over the world straight into your inbox?We've got the best royal scoops, crime dramas and breaking stories - all delivered in that Daily Star style you love.Our great newsletters will give you all you need to know, from hard news to that bit of glamour you need every day.

They'll drop straight into your inbox and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...President of the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation, Manuel Gallardo, told El Mundo that large-scale hunting is "necessary due to the overabundance of species".But Joaquin Reina from Ecologists in Action denounced the shooting as an "orgy of blood and death".He said: "This is the daily life of most.