New Zealand town where Easter is all about wiping out bunnies
by Elle Hunt in Auckland from on (#5G63M)
Thousands of vermin that plague farms are culled in annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt centred on Alexandra, Central Otago
New Zealand hunters have celebrated a return to tradition this Easter: shooting thousands of rabbits, an introduced species that threatens the country's biodiversity as well as agriculture.
The Great Easter Bunny Hunt - where hundreds of hunters gather in Alexandra, Central Otago, to make a dent in the regional rabbit population - was held this weekend for the first time since 2017.
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