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Old 03-14-2012, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
What do you do about a mother opossum with little ones in your neighbors' yards?

My pooch was nose-to-nose with a opossum a few night ago right between our house and the neighbor's. He had corned her against some bushes and she was having a hissing fit while he barked angrily to tell us that he got something.

I had seen what looked like a mouse in the bushes on the backyard neighbor's property. My dog had been trying to get into these bushes for a week. Coming out of these same bushes, someone else in my family had also seen what he said looked like a mouse. On second thought though, we figured out this was why that opossum was sticking around and was hardly playing possum.

She was defending her ground even if it was against a dog about the same size as a opossum.

What do you do though about an opossum in the neighborhood which has babies?

Call animal control and have them move them if they can even find these nocturnal animals?

I know she (the mother opossum) is out there but really do not want to risk another encounter between my dog and this mother opossum.

Another neighbor also has a much smaller dog than mine. I told her about the opossum mother as I did not want her dog to get hurt.
What does the law say about discharging firearms in our fair city? I assume it's OK if I shoot an intruder in my home,...what about pest animals? Are you allowed to shoot them?....I suppose a more humane approach would be to live trap them with a have a heart trap and let them loose out in the country.
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