Hunters from far and wide at Bunny Shoot
Jono Edwards
Let’s just say Peter Rabbit won’t be nibbling Mr McGregor’s lettuce patch any time soon.
Looking at Alexandra’s spacious Pioneer Park today, you would not know on Saturday 324 shooters lined it with their kills for counting in the 25th Great Easter Bunny Hunt.
The 27 teams from all over New Zealand were sent to blocks of farmland across Central Otago and near Wanaka on Friday to chip away at the local rabbit population.
This year, hunters killed 9680 rabbits, up on last year’s haul of 8439 …
Otago Daily Times – Mon, 28 Mar 2016
www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-…
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Wild animals saved from restaurants in central Vietnam
By Bui Ngoc Long, Thanh Nien News
Police in Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam on Saturday seized many wild animals and nearly 50 kilograms of wild meat which was to be supplied to local restaurants and consumers in the north.
A raid at the house of Nguyen Thi Mai, a local woman, found live cobras, tortoises and weasels and nearly 50 kilograms of frozen meat from wild pig, monkey and weasel …
Thanh Nien Daily – Sunday, March 27, 2016 13:48
www.thanhniennews.com/society/…
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