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. [history]
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
What kind of mother wants an opossum beat to death in her yard on Mother’s Day—or any other day?
Ha ha!
LOL How did you find that thread?
I was pregnant when I wrote that. Now my baby is going to be 14 in October.
Yeah, I have them in my yard all the time. They are good neighbors.
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