{"id":1889,"date":"2013-12-22T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/12\/22\/a-tradition-returns\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:23:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:22","slug":"a-tradition-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1889","title":{"rendered":"A Tradition Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12364,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/dead-possums-only-for-possum-drop.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12365,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.citizen-times.com\\\/article\\\/20131221\\\/NEWS\\\/312210015\\\/Brasstown-Possum-Drop-gets-state-approval?gcheck=1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.citizen-times.com\\\/article\\\/20131221\\\/NEWS\\\/312210015\\\/Brasstown-Possum-Drop-gets-state-approval?gcheck=1&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe &#8220;real&#8221; &#8216;Possum Drop returns!<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Clay Logan, organizer of the annual New Year&#8217;s Eve Possum Drop held in Brasstown, North Carolina, had to resort to using an opaque box covered with pictures of an opossum.&nbsp; That was because of <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/dead-possums-only-for-possum-drop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a ruling that PETA<\/a> won from an administrative law judge.<\/p>\n<p>This year, tradition returns due to the General Assembly passing a law specifically allowing the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to issue permits for events such as the &#8216;Possum Drop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/article\/20131221\/NEWS\/312210015\/Brasstown-Possum-Drop-gets-state-approval?gcheck=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From the Asheville Citizen-Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>The famous New Year\u2019s Eve \u2019Possum Drop might be back to normal this year under a permit issued by North Carolina on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The state Wildlife Resources Commission says Clay Logan, owner of Clay\u2019s Corner, has permission to capture an opossum, which he plans to lower in a clear plastic box in a parody of the ball drop in Times Square.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>PETA is not taking this change in the law well. They plan to file a lawsuit in Raleigh to stop the event from using a live opossum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Martina Bernstein, PETA\u2019s director of litigation, said the group will be back in court Monday to argue the license fails to comply with state law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpossums are shy, timid animals, and PETA has presented (the wildlife commission) with overwhelming evidence supporting its position that dangling a live opossum above a stage amid fireworks and raucous crowds is cruel and causes stress that is likely to kill the animal days or weeks after the event,\u201d she said in a written statement.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If PETA is so unalterably opposed to this event, I might suggest Ms. Bernstein could volunteer to dress up as an opossum and take the place the live opossum being used in the &#8216;Possum Drop. She would be taking a risk as I&#8217;ve never seen an opossum yet that has safely made it across the road. <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;real&#8221; &#8216;Possum Drop returns! 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