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Opossums protected by state law
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Thursday, May 15, 2003
| Michael A. Fuoco
Posted on 05/15/2003 11:16:22 AM PDT by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:09 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Personnel at a Westmoreland County wildlife rehabilitation center plan to report to state game officials that an Arnold man beat an opossum to death with a shovel when it wandered into his yard on Mother's Day.
Mel Schake, information and education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission's 10-county Southwest Region, said he hadn't yet heard about the Arnold incident but, speaking generally, said people need to realize that wildlife are protected by law.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: critters; wildlife
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To: TBall
Hari Kiri Suicide Possum sqads...same for skunks and coons.
101
posted on
05/15/2003 2:03:15 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because your paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
To: Stay the course
Wonder if they will eat jawbreakers or bubblegum like prairie dogs? Dad used to feed the prairie dogs one of these because it killed them.
To: ican'tbelieveit
Hmmmm. Maybe I'll give that a try with the groundhogs in the pastures. Once something is in the barn, it might die in the hay and stink to high heaven. Probably ruin some hay, too.
To: walkingman
"
Well, aren't you a man."Pretty fair shot, too.
To: walkingman
"
Well, aren't you a man."Pretty fair shot, too.
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To: MineralMan
You wrote:
" No, but I've picked up wild ones to move them off the road. They hiss a bit, but I've never heard of one actually biting anyone. If you pick them up just behind the front legs, they sorta go limp. Then you can carry them off the road and put them down in a safe place. Works for me. The hissing is a sham, and those long jaws full of sharp teeth are supposed to scare you off. If you don't scare, the 'possum gives up."
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I hereby re-name you "MarsupialMan"..!!
ROFLOL!!!
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posted on
05/17/2003 10:52:39 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Q. What's big enough to hunt bear with? A. Hillary's legs.)
To: dighton
Do you still have a photo of my "cat"? Yessiree, shore do -- unfortunately, I'm having trouble with my lil page and it won't let me load it to show the folks.
Are you still givin' him the crunchies?? :)
To: Willie Green
Eat More Possum
109
posted on
05/17/2003 12:13:23 PM PDT
by
bert
(Don't Panic !)
To: Willie Green
The possum population went through the roof in West Virginia after the Food Stamp Program was started.
110
posted on
05/17/2003 12:17:21 PM PDT
by
putupon
(nothing more to read here, move along)
To: Willie Green
This is stupid. Possums are vermin.
111
posted on
05/17/2003 12:17:30 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: Willie Green
Was his shovel registered?
To: LibKill
Possums are definitly vermin. They and armadillos carry a protazoa that causes a very serious disease in horses. Between them, rabid coons, coyotes and deer tearing everything up, this country girl shoots on sight(except the deer, only in season). Of course, the Jack Russells do help on the smaller vermin.
113
posted on
05/17/2003 12:29:05 PM PDT
by
Himyar
To: MississippiDeltaDawg
Are you still givin' him the crunchies?? :)It's a peculiar thing. I don't leave out crunchies, and he doesn't come around.
114
posted on
05/17/2003 12:36:48 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: MineralMan
"Wish we had armadillos in California."
No you don't. They would destroy your state's agriculture.
They dig burrows which can break cattle's legs.
Growing up, part of the experience of visiting a friend's parent's ranch in central FL was the the evening dillo hunts with a 12 gauge. In the context of livestock, they are nothing but vermin and are shot on sight.
To: nightdriver
I have never laughed so hard on a comment posted in my life!! LOL!
To: MineralMan
"Opossums ... Harmless critters. " What's more, their body temperature is not high enough to support the rabies virus, in the unlikely event you are dumb & slow enough to get bitten (a dimocrat, maybe?)
117
posted on
06/23/2017 11:13:12 AM PDT
by
HangThemHigh
(Entropy is not what it used to be.)
To: angcat
My dog ran one down a few months back. I just flopped on it’s back and played possum.
The dog looked at me with a “what do I do now” stare.
118
posted on
06/23/2017 11:41:03 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Hack-proof tagline.)
To: Stay the course
” I usually drown the skunks, though. No sense taking chances. “
My GF’s son shot one and left it sitting beside the central AC unit all night.
The next morning was pandemonium in the house.
119
posted on
06/23/2017 11:44:27 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Hack-proof tagline.)
To: angcat; Stay the course
Got suckered into a 14 year old thread. Hate it when that happens.
120
posted on
06/23/2017 11:47:24 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Hack-proof tagline.)
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