 Although Watership Down is a peaceful habitat , Hazel realizes there are no does ( female rabbits ) , thus making the future of the warren certain to end with the inevitable death of the rabbits present . With the help of a black @-@ headed gull named Kehaar , they locate a nearby warren , Efrafa , which is overcrowded and has many does . Hazel sends a small embassy to Efrafa to present their request for does . While waiting for the group to return , Hazel and Pipkin scout the nearby Nuthanger Farm to find two pairs of hutch rabbits there ; Hazel leads a raid on the farm the next day and rescues two does and a buck from the hutch . When the emissary returns , Hazel and his rabbits learn Efrafa is a police state led by the despotic General Woundwort , and the four rabbits dispatched there manage to return with little more than their lives intact . 
