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As God Is My Witness, I thought Opossums Could Fly (1 Viewer)

Sweet J

Sweet J

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Oposssum Drop!!!

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html

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Over the past few weeks, in a stunning display of legislative efficiency and bipartisanship that Washington lawmakers can only dream of, both houses of the N.C. General Assembly worked together to rush through what was apparently the most pressing issue of this legislative session: the legalization of cruelty to opossums.

Now, opossums in Clay County can be abused between Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, for the sole purpose of allowing Opossum Drop organizers to dangle a terrified opossum above a crowd of rowdy revelers each New Year’s Eve, something prohibited under law and for good reason. It is inappropriate to torment wildlife for fun.

Opossum Drop event sponsor Roger West proposed the legislation just as PETA’s latest legal challenge to using a live opossum at the event was heating up. In an admission that the Opossum Drop always has been illegal, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission ran to the legislature to help it avoid doing the right thing. Enter HB 1131, which legalizes cruelty to North Carolina’s official state marsupial, as long as it takes place in Clay County during the week of New Year’s Eve.
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Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
 
Well the reality is the possum is treated pretty well. Yes it is a wild animal but compared to being in a stew or run over this is a pretty decent gig. Still it's a stupid event.

 
Sweet J said:
Oposssum Drop!!!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
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Meanwhile, wildlife rehabilitators who toil night and day to feed, medicate and care for injured, ill or orphaned wild opossums are still subject to the same laws that North Carolina’s lawmakers decided shouldn’t apply when you lock a timid opossum in a box and force him or her to endure a barrage of screaming celebrants, thumping music and deafening fireworks – in other words, all the things that frighten opossums most.
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I didn't realize there were that many who preserved 'em--always thought they were a nuisance actually. Ugly critters and mean looking.

Came home a couple weeks ago to find one lying on my deck, along with my dog and cat, all three just kind of keeping each other company. Whut?!! So I called Animal Control and told them there's a possum acting strange, lying on my deck, and since the animals aren't messing with him they must know he's got rabies.

Nope. Turns out possums don't get rabies, and neither do armadillos according to the animal control guy but I can't speak to that around here. So I picked him up and threw him over the fence instead of what first came to mind, and I reckon I'll quit messing with em if that's the case.

 
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glumpy said:
Sweet J said:
Oposssum Drop!!!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
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Meanwhile, wildlife rehabilitators who toil night and day to feed, medicate and care for injured, ill or orphaned wild opossums are still subject to the same laws that North Carolina’s lawmakers decided shouldn’t apply when you lock a timid opossum in a box and force him or her to endure a barrage of screaming celebrants, thumping music and deafening fireworks – in other words, all the things that frighten opossums most.
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I didn't realize there were that many who preserved 'em--always thought they were a nuisance actually. Ugly critters and mean looking.

Came home a couple weeks ago to find one lying on my deck, along with my dog and cat, all three just kind of keeping each other company. Whut?!! So I called Animal Control and told them there's a possum acting strange, lying on my deck, and since the animals aren't messing with him they must know he's got rabies.

Nope. Turns out possums don't get rabies, and neither do armadillos according to the animal control guy but I can't speak to that around here. So I picked him up and threw him over the fence instead of what first came to mind, and I reckon I'll quit messing with em if that's the case.
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Wait. What? You just picked up a wild animal and threw him over a fence?!? Who are you? The North American Steve Irwin? Crickey!

 
glumpy said:
Sweet J said:
Oposssum Drop!!!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
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Meanwhile, wildlife rehabilitators who toil night and day to feed, medicate and care for injured, ill or orphaned wild opossums are still subject to the same laws that North Carolina’s lawmakers decided shouldn’t apply when you lock a timid opossum in a box and force him or her to endure a barrage of screaming celebrants, thumping music and deafening fireworks – in other words, all the things that frighten opossums most.
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I didn't realize there were that many who preserved 'em--always thought they were a nuisance actually. Ugly critters and mean looking.

Came home a couple weeks ago to find one lying on my deck, along with my dog and cat, all three just kind of keeping each other company. Whut?!! So I called Animal Control and told them there's a possum acting strange, lying on my deck, and since the animals aren't messing with him they must know he's got rabies.

Nope. Turns out possums don't get rabies, and neither do armadillos according to the animal control guy but I can't speak to that around here. So I picked him up and threw him over the fence instead of what first came to mind, and I reckon I'll quit messing with em if that's the case.
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Armadillos don't get rabies but they do carry leprosy. In fact 1/3 of all new cases of leprosy in the US are as a result of contact with infected armadillos.

 
NCCommish said:
glumpy said:
Sweet J said:
Oposssum Drop!!!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
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Meanwhile, wildlife rehabilitators who toil night and day to feed, medicate and care for injured, ill or orphaned wild opossums are still subject to the same laws that North Carolina’s lawmakers decided shouldn’t apply when you lock a timid opossum in a box and force him or her to endure a barrage of screaming celebrants, thumping music and deafening fireworks – in other words, all the things that frighten opossums most.
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I didn't realize there were that many who preserved 'em--always thought they were a nuisance actually. Ugly critters and mean looking.

Came home a couple weeks ago to find one lying on my deck, along with my dog and cat, all three just kind of keeping each other company. Whut?!! So I called Animal Control and told them there's a possum acting strange, lying on my deck, and since the animals aren't messing with him they must know he's got rabies.

Nope. Turns out possums don't get rabies, and neither do armadillos according to the animal control guy but I can't speak to that around here. So I picked him up and threw him over the fence instead of what first came to mind, and I reckon I'll quit messing with em if that's the case.
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Armadillos don't get rabies but they do carry leprosy. In fact 1/3 of all new cases of leprosy in the US are as a result of contact with infected armadillos.
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They also carry the plague, if I remember correctly. Yes. The Bubonic Plague.

 
TheIronSheik said:
NCCommish said:
glumpy said:
Sweet J said:
Oposssum Drop!!!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/16/3941556/opossum-drop-bill-shows-how-low.html#storylink=cpy
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Meanwhile, wildlife rehabilitators who toil night and day to feed, medicate and care for injured, ill or orphaned wild opossums are still subject to the same laws that North Carolina’s lawmakers decided shouldn’t apply when you lock a timid opossum in a box and force him or her to endure a barrage of screaming celebrants, thumping music and deafening fireworks – in other words, all the things that frighten opossums most.
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I didn't realize there were that many who preserved 'em--always thought they were a nuisance actually. Ugly critters and mean looking.

Came home a couple weeks ago to find one lying on my deck, along with my dog and cat, all three just kind of keeping each other company. Whut?!! So I called Animal Control and told them there's a possum acting strange, lying on my deck, and since the animals aren't messing with him they must know he's got rabies.

Nope. Turns out possums don't get rabies, and neither do armadillos according to the animal control guy but I can't speak to that around here. So I picked him up and threw him over the fence instead of what first came to mind, and I reckon I'll quit messing with em if that's the case.
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Armadillos don't get rabies but they do carry leprosy. In fact 1/3 of all new cases of leprosy in the US are as a result of contact with infected armadillos.
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They also carry the plague, if I remember correctly. Yes. The Bubonic Plague.
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I don't think it's very common in Armadillos. The same thing that makes them leprosy carriers, their lower body temp, also makes them less likely to carry other things. Plague is rodent based. It's mostly rats although rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks and prairie dogs are all known vectors. Of course you really get it from the fleas that are on the infected animal.

 
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