WILMINGTON, N.C. — The new Cadbury bunny is an English Bulldog named Henri.
The North Carolina dog competed against thousands of other animals in the chocolate company's first-ever "Bunny Tryouts" and will star as the bunny in a commercial.
The company launched the competition this year to revamp a 1994 commercial about its creme eggs that showed a clucking bunny and various animals trying out for the role while wearing bunny ears.
Henri beat out a llama from Pennsylvania, a bearded dragon from Florida, a goat from Tennessee and a bunny from Texas, as well as a handful of dogs and cats from around the country, according to Hershey, the parent company of Cadbury in the U.S.
Cadbury also gave Henri's family $5,000 and donated $10,000 to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, according to company officials.
Associated Press
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