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Alexandra Easter Bunny Hunt

Watch footage of the end-of-the-day body count at the annual Alexandra Easter Bunny Hunt.

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Carl Walrond, Hunting – Imported game animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/15621/alexandra-easter-bunny-hunt (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.

Comments

Cristina
03 May 2011
Really disgusting. It doesn't take a genius so see that culling is not a solution, otherwise they wouldn't need to organize one every year for the past 20 years. But what's horrific is to see the party atmosphere in the killing of thousand of rabbits. It's scary to see people so happy because they were shooting for 24 hrs. The lack of empathy and cruelty seen here is like an image of medieval times. I guess Otago broke the continuum in which civilizations mature and got stock within their grotesque view of what's right that belongs to the dark ages.