Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade tying up animals while they are alive in order to use them as targets for shooting arrows or the like until they die. He forbade it because of the torture that it inflicts on the animals.

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• It is not impure. It is one of those who roam around among you
• Who has done this? May Allah curse whoever has done this. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) invoked curse upon whoever makes any living creature a target of shooting
• The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) saw a donkey that had been branded on the face. He disapproved of it
• No one should punish with fire except the Lord of fire