Sky News has exposed a UK-wide network in which children have been sharing footage and photos of their kills in groups on WhatsApp.
A behavioural psychologist has warned children filming themselves using catapults to kill and torture animals will feel a 'huge residual guilt' as they grow up. It comes after Sky News exposed a UK-wide network in which children - some of primary school age - have been sharing footage and photos of their kills in groups on WhatsApp.
'It's like groupthink - you give up your moral ideas or ethics to be part of this group. You're showing off, you're comparing your kills with each other. 'These young kids are being brought into this disassociation.
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