Possum drop?

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Possum-Drop--190979481.html


A bill intended to settle a legal fight in North Carolina over an unusual New Year's Eve tradition involving an opossum has cleared a hurdle.
The bill was given preliminary approval in the state House Tuesday by a vote of 101 to 13. Another vote is set for Wednesday before it heads to the Senate.
The measure gives the Wildlife Resources Commission authority to permit the organizer of the Brasstown Possum Drop to display a wild-caught animal. By tradition, the marsupial is suspended in a tinsel-covered box and gently lowered to the ground at midnight, then released.
A judge agreed in November with lawyers for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that issuing such a permit is illegal under current state law. PETA says the annual event is inhumane.


Kind of an odd tradition but the possum isn't hurt so whats the harm? Are possum claustrophobic or afraid of heights?

Is PETA going to go after everyone who runs one over late at night on dark roads?

There was a funny thing on the radio about this. They were saying he's safer there than on the road haha.

Quoting lolajessup:" There was a funny thing on the radio about this. They were saying he's safer there than on the road haha."

He really is.. More laikely to be run over on the road than suspended up in the air.