Mention wombats and there's a fair chance the much-loved "Fatso" from A Country Practice may spring to mind.
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Or perhaps it's the bandaged wombat waddling across our screens on that memorable RSPCA advertisement that is the lasting image of the marsupial for you.
Regardless, it's hard not to feel sadness as reports emerged that tourists were hunting the native animal at a property linked to Crown casino.
State Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio told The Border Mail earlier this week an order declaring wombats unprotected wildlife across much of North East Victoria is under review following reports of foreigners hunting them.
In 193 Victorian areas, identified as parishes, wombats can be killed or controlled under specific conditions without a permit.
The Wildlife Act protection exemption states landholders involved in primary production in the parishes - from Myrtleford to Mitta and Yackandandah to Mount Beauty - can destroy wombats "only by a centre-fire rifle, fitted with a telescopic sight".
That is a confronting image for those of us who fondly remember "Fatso" and the adorable RSPCA creature from our television screens but, as Upper Murray farmer and Victorian Farmers Federation councillor Peter Star told The Border Mail on Tuesday, they're unprotected "because of the damage they do to farmland".
Mr Star said the marsupials were at "pest proportions" throughout the North East and that wombat holes damaged land, posed a risk to farm vehicles and burrowing could result in dams leaking.
It is pleasing that Ms D'Ambrosio's department will review the rules around the killing of wombats to examine the threats that exist to their conservation.
But we sincerely hope the result of any review doesn't make life more difficult for farmers who are simply trying to protect their livelihood.
There's a vast difference between cashed up tourists killing native animals for pleasure and a farmer controlling wombat numbers so they can safely navigate their property.