Posted on 01/23/2016 7:43:51 AM PST by Teotwawki
An opossum was found in California on Friday after being shot in the head and torso with what appeared to be crossbow arrows. Riverside County Department of Animal Services were amazed by the opossum's survival after it was found trying to remove the arrows near an intersection in the city's La Sierra neighborhood. [snip]
The opossum survived the surgery and is now recovering at the animal hospital. [snip]
The city's department of animal services has began an animal cruelty investigation into the incident.
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The comments on the article all condemn the shooter and show great empathy for the oppossum.
Nasty little creatures.
Opossoms are not cute cuddly creatures either. Have you seen the teeth on those things?
Ugliest creature God put on this earth, well, next to Moochelle.
Animal cruelty for a failed hunt?
More like remedial crossbow training!
All the nasty varmints that get shot in other parts of the country get this treatment here in CA. We are absolutely nuts that way. I’ve “disposed” of close to 100 squirrels on my property. These same kooks will expend extraordinary resources to save just one squirrel...all the time murdering human babies by the truckload. It really makes me sick. I’m glad you feel the same way about this lack of common sense and proportion.
“... it was found trying to remove the arrows near an intersection...”
And then it was going back to find the guy who shot it.
That ain't a possum!
They aren’t human. You need a silver bullet through the heart to kill one dead.
The ones you think are dead? You ever hear of ‘playing possum’? They’ll shake it off and walk away when they think the threat is gone.
They used field points that’s why it lived. Not for hunting.
Check out the girl doctor attacking the uber driver on the same page. Cute.
-——Nasty little creatures.——
Yes, there are....
Last month, my dog was literally going bonkers at the back fence line...possum was on the top of the fence...
I poked it with the end of a shovel several ties to get it to move on....
It wasn’t budging....hissing and baring it teeth at me...finally pushed it over into my neighbors yard...
I preferred to have shot it, but didn’t want to hassle of the wrong sherif being called and arresting me for firing a weapon in the county....
The Blue-tick hound was the sweetest dog ever. A rescue pooch and I didnt know a thing about Blue-Tick Hound. A real hunting dog as I was to discover after an investiagtion of the carnage in my backyard.
Revelation came when I saw it corner a possum - scarier than a Velociraptor. The Jack Russell even got spooked - that never happens. Best dog ever.
grrrrr Some people REALLY SUCK. Love possums. We feed ours scraps. And they’re very polite. Skunks were pretty polite, too- very punctual at dinner time. But we had to give that up because of the rabies risk.
Now, raccoons, I REALLY don’t like. They are destructive & aggressive. I wouldn’t shoot one, though, unless I thought it was rabid.
Did y’all know possums can’t carry rabies? Their body temp is too low.
WHAT “ANIMAL CRUELTY”???
Someone saw a rodent and tried to kill it.
Geez this has become a nation of pussies
Did you ever see an opossum ‘play dead’?
I came across one that looked so disgusting I did not even want to touch it- it looked like it had died last year..... so I walked away, and about 10 minutes later I came back around a bend and the thing was walking away.
Its a pretty amazing defense mechanism
So you are a possum lover, eh? Fed them? You must have been lived in my neighborhood. I suppose I should thank you for all the batting practice I got at 2 AM.
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