they have a very low risk of contracting and spreading rabies. In contrast to Rob Ford’s characterization of these animals as “vicious,” an opossum’s typical response to being threatened ...

A woman became a honky-tonk hero when she humanely removed an opossum from Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.

Chief Lyver also said his officer fired multiple shots into the torso of the possum because they are instructed by the state to preserve the animal's brain for rabies testing. "One shot with a ...