Beating the opossum, is that what the kids are calling it today?
Sorry, bud. The ‘possum was gay. Hate crime.
Leftist insanity this man was deluged with hate mail for killing a pest which was attacking his pets. So they arrested him because these idiots have been raised to believe killing an animal is worse than putting a dad in prison.
I really hate this crap. I hope he gets a million dollars and kills some more possums for good measure. Cook em up too, possum pie.
If this is real (and not a South Park "he's coming right at us" defense), then my first though would be that the opossum was rabid. They may hiss a little when disturbed, but opossums generally retreat from any threat.
Rick Perry would have shot it then made a coat from it.
A possum attacked his bulldogs? Yeah, sure it did.
Hopefully he’ll get enough to force Anaheim to cut police.
...and besides...the opossum wasn’t even dead!
It was just .......
At least they let these guys go. I thought these guys were doing a public service, as these critters carry some bad diseases, esp for livestock.
In 2004 two students at the University of Missouri-Columbia were charged with animal abuse for stuffing about 40 opossums — living and dead — into a plastic barrel for a frat house stunt. In the bizarre contest, members were given one point for each dead opossum they could find and two points for a live one, authorities said. The Missouri Department of Conservation quoted fraternity members as saying they planned to release the opossums into the yard of another fraternity.
The alleged abuse was discovered Nov. 19, 2004 when neighbors complained about the noise. Police reported seeing students gathered around a large plastic barrel about two-thirds full of opossums, only half of them still alive.
Fraternity members Zachary Wade Famuliner and Adam Paul Thomas were charged with animal abuse and illegally pursuing, taking, killing, possessing or disposing of wildlife — misdemeanors. The students, both 19, pleaded innocent.
Philip Josephson, national executive director of Alpha Gamma Rho, said Thursday he found the opossum stunt “deplorable,” but insisted it wasn’t sanctioned or sponsored by the fraternity. He said there are no plans to bar the use of wild animals by chapters — as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had urged in a letter.
The conservation agency released the live opossums in a remote area. Authorities could not say how many opossums may have died because of being stuffed into the barrel.
Vern Pierce, the faculty adviser for the fraternity, said members are planning professional careers in agricultural and animal management, and are “highly sensitive to any notion of abuse.”
“You ask, ‘What were these two thinking?’ That is the point: They weren’t thinking,” he said. Pierce said the chapter has volunteered to sponsor educational events about proper treatment of animals for all fraternities and sororities.
Was he beating it because it was playing opossum.
Maybe he didn’t kill it.
Maybe it was just “playing possum”. ;-)
[Sorry, I couldn’t stop myself.]
Outdoors Ping!
WTF? Are cops just insane now? The only good possum is a dead possum. If I was a cop and found a couple of guys beating a possum to death, I’d ask them to stand back so I could give it a round from my duty weapon.
I hate modern America. Everybody in the liberals cities are insane. Now cops are arresting people for killing pests on their property.
WTF. This is pure insanity. There is no hope for this nation to recover from the coming tyranny. None.
Beating possums? The other day three guys were arrested for ‘pig slapping’.
Is this a cultural trend, or an important phase of human evolution?