Waiting for the Easter Mouse

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In Australia, farmers and others HATE bunnies. That’s because these creatures decimate the farmland and eat everything in sight. Because of this popular hatred, when it comes to Easter icons, the rabbit is out. Now it’s time to celebrate the Easter Bilby.

Rabbits, according to today’s Wall Street Journal, are blamed for more than $400 million a year in damage; the pests burrow into farmland and chew up cow pastures. But the Bilby, an endangered species, has created a cottage industry of adoration to promote saving this little big-eared mouse.

Newspapers all over Oz have weighed in on the bilby vs. bunny controversy. One songwriter, John Williamson, put it like this:

“Oh we all love the Easter Bilby/point little snout/close your eyes, I’m sure she will be/sneaking all about”