This is a great example of how insensitive and ignorant Western animal rights activists are of African culture and the harsh realities of life there. I'd like to see a few of these PETA idiots move to a village in Kenya and try to live there as vegetarians - and it would be even more hilarious to see them try to convince the African tribemen there to stop eating the meat of the animals they hunt to feed their families and their village. The Africans would dismiss them as lunatics, and rightfully so.

WILLIAM SPEARS ANTELOPE

Prince William has angered animal welfare campaigners over reports that he used a 7ft spear to kill a bambi-like antelope during his holiday in Kenya.

The Prince is said to have crept up behind the 14-inch animal during a hunting trip last week after taking lessons from a Masai warrior.

The 21-year-old is spending a month in east Africa with a group of friends.

But back home, blood sport critics and animal rights groups were up in arms.

"Why would somebody feel the need to kill an animal while on holiday and why do it in a way which has a very high chance of being quite inhumane?," said Jonathan Owen, a spokesman for World Society for the Protection of Animals.

"Spearing an animal is a crude way of killing it and not guaranteed to kill the animal quickly if someone is not an expert marksman."

Legei, the Masai leader of the tribal village where Wills has been staying, told the Mail on Sunday that the Royal practiced throwing the spear at tree trunks in a clearing.

He said: "We took him out hunting and he crept up like we do on the first prey he saw, a fully-grown dik-dik.

"Using the Masais' silent approach, he followed it, took aim and speared it in one go.

"I was proud of him. He picked it up by the tail and presented it to me.

"At home, we eat such animals but I don't think Prince William would even consider it."

The spear was made from acacia wood and a metal tip.

William is no stranger to hunting - he has been fox-hunting and shooting with his father.

A St James's Palace spokesman was unable to comment on the Prince's latest adventure.

High-profile blood sport critic Carla Lane said: "If this is right, it's appalling and depressing.

"I had hoped with this young man we might have had a monarch who was not cruel. Diana abstained from it all, why can't he be the same?"