RSPCA staff fear popular movie Hunger Games and "survival" style television and cable TV shows in which people kill animals for food may be encouraging people to use bows and arrows on wildlife after yet another animal was shot in Brisbane.

Spokesman Michael Beatty said yesterday a possum with a joey had been shot with a spear gun at Norman Park on Brisbane's eastside.

"The possum died and unfortunately its joey had to be euthanased," he said.

"There's been such a spate of these type of shootings that we are starting to think it might be because of the movie Hunger Games."

Hunger Games features bows and arrows being used to hunt for food. A bow and arrow then becomes a weapon of choice in gladiatorial-style arena fights.

Mr Beatty said it might be a coincidence but the spate of shootings had occurred after the movie's release in March.

Animals shot included wallabies, kangaroos, birds, two possums and a bush turkey, and seabirds, crows and magpies have been shot with bullets or pellets.

Even if it was not related to the movie, it was concerning that people were using such dangerous weapons in suburban areas, Mr Beatty said.