While outsiders may be alarmed and appalled at the thought of over 300 armed hunters shooting up to 10,000 rabbits and hares over the Easter holiday, it's seen as a free service to the farmers of the Central Otago district, whose crops would otherwise be devastated, the Otago Daily Times reports . The 25th annual hunt brought together teams of shooters with names like Hopper Stoppers and Wabbit Warriors to a park in the town of Alexandra on Friday, where they were allocated blocks of land in which to hunt. They've until noon on Saturday to hunt the animals, the paper says.