Spotlight: Lieutenant Dan (2020 Cadbury Bunny)

I recently had the pleasure of eating a Cadbury Creme Egg a friend gave me. Last week, a treeing walker coonhound named Lieutenant Dan was announced as this year's Cadbury Bunny. Lieutenant Dan of New Richmond, Ohio, was named after Gary Sinise's character in Forrest Gump, one of my favorite movies. This dog is unique in that he uses a wheelchair because his hind paws and tail were amputated due to a birth defect. Wearing a bunny ears headband, Lieutenant Dan received more online votes than the other seven finalists, which included a hamster, a llama, and a duck. He will appear in a Cadbury commercial soon. Lieutenant Dan's owner Laura Weber is the recipient of $5,000, and Cadbury made a $10,000 donation to the ASPCA in his honor. For more details on this story, go to https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/us/lieutenant-dan-cadbury-bunny-winner-trnd/index.html.

Lieutenant Dan the dog

(image via delish.com)