Campaigners want to ban the sale of catapults to under 18s, as young people are inflicting wildlife, animals and people with devastating injuries.
Wildlife charities, including Naturewatch Foundation, want the government to take action after witnessing attacks by young people which had been filmed and shared online.
Farmer Lou Carpenter said: "We've got to stop these children having these lethal weapons before they start killing people."
In the UK catapults are not illegal to own or carry in public with the government saying it is keeping all relevant legislation under review....
Lou Carpenter, who owns ancient woodland that provides a habitat for rare birds, told the BBC that catapults were being used to poach, and the problem was getting worse.
"I've had them here, armed to the teeth with catapults, and I see it as my job to see them off because I don't want them here," she said.
Many of the perpetrators were young, she added.
"We've got to stop these children having these lethal weapons before they start killing people," she said.
Carrying a trebuchet? No, this seems to be their word for "slingshot." Even a Wristrocket was hard to imagine as a deadly weapon unless it went through an eye socket. Does Britain no longer have active parents?
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