JFK Airport marksmen blow away bunnies with shotguns

Talk about splitting hares. Port Authority and USDA workers routinely gun down rabbits and hares at JFK Airport, killing Eastern cottontails and black-tailed jackrabbits to decrease hazards for pilots (Rabbits have been blamed for three U.S. plane crashes over the last 30 years). Ninety-nine rabbits and hares were killed at the Queens, New York, airport last year by Elmer Fudd wannabes. But workers aren't always shooting to kill. They also use a $2,000 "avian dissuader," a light-beam that scares critters like birds and rabbits away before they need to be taken down. Bunnies, see the light and you'll be saved.