It is hunting for sports though. There’s a competition: who kills the most gets a prize, who kills the biggest gets a prize. Hence, it is likely, when speed is concerned, careful hunting practices and considerations for the humane treatment of the animal will always play second chair. Ask the meatpacking industry if that’s not 100% the case.
Feral cats don’t have to be “culled”. They could certainly be caught, neutered, and re-released in a safe -for them and other species- different environment.
“Pest control” is carefully selecting a mouse trap or insecticide that’s right for your need. Exploitation is to make a Youtube channel out of it and come up with wackier and wackier contraptions every week to catapult mice over the house.
