He apparently has a license that allows him to kill a possum (take), but not to “keep” a live possum.
So, he could kill the possum, get it stuffed, and drop it, but he can’t keep it alive and let it go.
PETA won’t allow the latter, but can’t stop the former.
Government is the definition of stupidity and it doesn’t matter if its federal or local.
Its legal for me to live trap coons and possums here at the house but I can’t kill them without a small game license and I can’t turn them loose in the state land without a permit.
One of these days I’m going to be sitting in a jail cell and someone is gonna ask me, “What are ya in for” and I’m going to say “Coon smugglin” and that’s when the fight is gonna to start.