[Teotwawki]

Here in Tennessee, especially in the country, anyone who came upon this opossum would figure that someone was just trying to get rid of a pest and somehow it survived. Since people around here are generally kind hearted, they would shoot the oposum to put it out of its misery, with a gun they were likely carrying on them at the time. But in California, they waste resources performing surgery on an opossum and launch an investigation. Two different worlds.

The comments on the article all condemn the shooter and show great empathy for the oppossum.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Nasty little creatures.

[justlittleoleme]

Opossoms are not cute cuddly creatures either. Have you seen the teeth on those things?

[john drake]

Ugliest creature God put on this earth, well, next to Moochelle.

[bolobaby]

Animal cruelty for a failed hunt?

More like remedial crossbow training!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

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.

[PLMerite]

“... it was found trying to remove the arrows near an intersection...”

And then it was going back to find the guy who shot it.

[Islander7]

That ain't a possum!

[PAR35]

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.

[KGeorge]

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.

[Mastador1]

I'll tell you a CAlifornia story, many years ago I ran a fast food restaurant, we had a pigeon problem. Someone in the neighborhood(kids) started taking the pigeons out with blow guns and some of the survivors got in my lot. I had customers demanding that I call animal control so they would take them to a vet. I said no thanks but told them to use the pay phone if they thought animal control had time to save vermin.

[trisham]

[Mr. K]

WHAT “ANIMAL CRUELTY”???

Someone saw a rodent and tried to kill it.

Geez this has become a nation of pussies

[Daffynition]

If at first you don't succeed...

[Robert A Cook PE]

So, this proves opossums have no brains. Nor hearts.

A bit like liberals in that.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Such a shame it survived. Somebody needs better aim.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

A complete waste of resources to operate to save a wounded Possum. Complete waste of taxpayer money. They should have just put it down. Idiots. It is not as though there aren’t millions more of them out there.

[central_va]

Baked Possum

recipe at a glance
Rating: 5/5
3 reviews
1 comment

ready in: over 5 hrs
serves/makes: 4

ingredients

1 large possum, skinned, dressed, and washed
1 quart beer
4 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
2 onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4 sweet potatoes
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 ounce whiskey
directions

Mix the beer, whiskey, salt, Tabasco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce together. Place possum in a large roasting pan. Sprinkle the celery, onions, and the garlic all over the possum. Pour the liquid mixture over the possum as well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the sweet potatoes around the possum. Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Baste once or twice with the marinade from the pan as the possum cooks.

[cyclotic]

Me and a buddy trapped a possum in a steel trap. We then shot it five times with a .22. Head and chest. It took a while and finally died.

[central_va]

Possum blood has an unbelievable clotting factor.

[JimRed]

The shooter failed in his effort to obtain supper. And lost two bolts in the bargain.