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And, unlike in the West, companies aiming to create wood pellets to ship abroad have proliferated in the South.

The rifle, it turned out, was a battery-powered airsoft gun, which shoots plastic pellets.

Veterinarians determined the female cub had a malformed shoulder and elbow, along with a BB pellet embedded in her paw, the nonprofit said.

They kicked them while wearing heavy work boots and shot them at close range with rubber pellets.

The team also found the pellets "still going round appear to be sucking up more pollution from the environment" and were becoming "more toxic", according to Mr Megson.