He is far larger then other rabbits as he more muscular and leaner body. He is the only rabbit who is shown with extra sharp teeth.
Hazel comments, “I’m sick and tired of it,’ he said, It’s the same all the time. While he does tell Campion, Woundwort is arguably the deadliest fighter in any adaption of Watership Down, rivaling or even surpassing Elil in some cases. General Woundwort: I'll be frank with you. Come back and fight!” Woundwort’s end is unknown. Sainfoin is the only one to express himself and expresses his worries for the hunt for the renegats, Woudwort approaches him and asks him if he is afraid for the life of his comrades or if he is just afraid for his own or if he is just scared. His father, a happy-go-lucky and reckless buck, had thought nothing of living close to human beings except that he would be able to forage in their garden in the early morning.When he had explored the limits of his own strength, he set to work to satisfy his longing for still more power in the only possible way — by increasing the power of the rabbits about him. Dogs aren’t dangerous! General Woundwort lives on in the minds of the Watership rabbits of later years as a kind of supernatural bogeyman:
Though General Woundwort is the antagonist in Watership Down, he nonetheless has some likable qualities. They are chased by Woundwort and his henchmen to a river, where a boat is docked and the other rabbits are waiting. Woundwort also shows such respect for Campion in that series that after the latter betrayed him, Woundwort briefly considered changing his ways because Campion, despite being a traitor, had saved his life. Leadership. Until the Watership Down rabbits appeared on the scene. Suddenly, the invaders are interrupted by fleeing birds and Woundwort spots Hazel in the distance running towards them. He also rewards loyalty by showing admirable loyalty in return.
He calms down and asks Sainfoin if he is loyal and the frightened rabbit answered yes. Woundwort asks the same question to Campion who responds like this, so the big rabbit warns his troops that he does not care how long it takes to hunt down the Watership Down rabbits and when they do they will destroy the warren and leave no trace of them. Sainfoin admits that he is afraid what annoys the general, who pushes the sergeant to the ground and yells at him that he disgusts him and that he should consider it a glory to die thus. Bigwig is sent to Efrafa, and Woundwort immediately promotes him to the Owsla's (military caste) ranks for his strength and rugged fighter's appearance. He eventually escaped the old man's house, in the process, nearly killing the old man's cat, severely maiming it. On the day they are supposed to escape, one of the does is captured by the Owsla, and betrays Bigwig's plans to Woundwort as Bigwig jumps one of the Owsla and gathers the does and Blackavar.
After the dog has mauled Orchis to death and the last Efrafan has fled, Woundwort looks at the animal with an evil grin as it faces off with him and viciously snarls at the general. While waiting for the group to return, Hazel and Pipkin prosperously raid the nearby Nuthanger Farm to rescue a group of hutch rabbits there, returning with two does. Some three years before, he had been born — the strongest of a…
However, no description is given on his fur colour. However, many of the does are discontent, since they are unable to breed properly because of overcrowding. He has also killed the leaders of other warrens personally and "imposed his will" on groups of rabbits on more than one occasion.
Woundwort's physical description varies in the different adaptions of Watership Down. Woundwort will fight all comers — except a fox — and expected the strong bucks of the warren to have the same fierce tenacity: “He knew how to encourage other rabbits and to fill them with a spirit of emulation.” But to prove a rabbit worthy of respect and fierce in battle, he had to bring about control — a zealous, absolute control of both the rabbits of the warren and the warren’s surroundings. It is highly possible that he fought and ended up getting killed by the dog, or survived and died of old age, as at the end on the movie, many years have passed and Hazel has passed to the afterlife. Bigwig and Hazel, along with help from Kehaar and a genius rabbit named Blackberry, devise a plan to liberate some does from the police state warren of Efrafa. (This was the fate of Captain Holly and his companions when they innocently approached Efrafa seeking does to return with them to Watership Down. About two days later, the Efrafans arrive at Watership Down but their presence does not go unnoticed because of their smell dragged by the wind. He then looks threateningly at Sainfoin, whose lasciviousness and fear finally cause him to flee with other Efrafans, to the wrath of the general who assures them that they will be dead without him. Woundwort angrily confronts the brown rabbit to dare to disobey his orders, but Campion says he prefers to be a good rabbit rather than a good soldier. He then orders Orchis to gather their troops for a final attack.