{"id":2829,"date":"2012-11-14T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2012\/11\/14\/dead-possums-only-for-possum-drop\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:20:02","slug":"dead-possums-only-for-possum-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2829","title":{"rendered":"Dead Possums Only For Possum Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9848,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/peta-cant-leave-well-enough-alone.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251115201927\\\/https:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/peta-cant-leave-well-enough-alone.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 17:53:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 23:26:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 23:26:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14869,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newsobserver.com\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/13\\\/2481006\\\/opossum-drop-halted-in-brasstown.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;:14870,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/pe.usps.gov\\\/text\\\/pub52\\\/pub52c5_007.htm#ep204950&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/pe.usps.com\\\/text\\\/pub52\\\/pub52c5_007.htm&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14871,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ncoah.com\\\/welcome\\\/staff.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ncoah.com\\\/welcome\\\/staff.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/peta-cant-leave-well-enough-alone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I wrote a couple of months ago<\/a>, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was suing the NC Wildlife Resources Commission over the granting of a permit to the organizer of Brasstown&#8217;s Possum Drop. That event is held annually on New Year&#8217;s Eve and involves the lowering &#8211; not dropping &#8211; of a caged opossum to the ground in a take-off of Times Square&#8217;s dropping the ball.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that PETA must have found the most gullible judge in North Carolina. Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison, Jr. ruled yesterday that the NCWRC cannot issue a permit to Clay Logan for the live trapping of a opossum. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2012\/11\/13\/2481006\/opossum-drop-halted-in-brasstown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A dead opossum is OK with the judge but not a live one<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Logan had a sportsman\u2019s license and could have killed the animal,<br \/>\nwhich was in season at the time. But he didn\u2019t meet standards for either<br \/>\n a license or a permit to keep animals in captivity, PETA argued, and no<br \/>\n statute permitted the WRC to allow \u2018possum-caging on a special and<br \/>\ntemporary basis. <\/p>\n<p>Morrison agreed. Killing the animal was lawful; confining it was not. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWRC<br \/>\n should therefore have instructed Logan to immediately release the<br \/>\nopossum into the wild where the opossum had been captured, or kill it,\u201d<br \/>\nMorrison wrote in his order.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Morrison went on to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>\u201cHunters must afford wild animals the same right Patrick Henry yearned<br \/>\nfor,\u201d Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison Jr. wrote in his<br \/>\norder. \u201c\u2019Give me liberty, or give me death!\u2019\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry but Judge Morrison is an idiot. I suppose it would be considered harassment if I mailed Judge Morrison <a href=\"http:\/\/pe.usps.gov\/text\/pub52\/pub52c5_007.htm#ep204950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a road-kill possum<\/a> or sent him a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncoah.com\/welcome\/staff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snide email<\/a>. Given I don&#8217;t want either Postal Inspectors or FBI Special Agents knocking on my door, it is a nice idea but one on which I&#8217;ll pass.<\/p>\n<p>The NCWRC has 30 days in which to decide to appeal this case to Wake County Superior Court. 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