IMPORTANT! LOOK AT THIS BEFORE READING!: Some of the following information is shocking. We recommend that parents read before letting their children see this. If you are a child, please let your parent/s read this before you.:
Today, while we were looking at The Age website, we found an article describing some horrific incidents in which possums have been treated with severe cruelty, for no reason other than being possums. Many people see possums as pests, but that is no good excuse for some of the things we heard about. The article, 'Possum mutilation on the rise: RSPCA', which was written by Alexandra Bolkas, was published on the 17th of October. Possums have been found in the Knox region with no paws or tails, apparantly caused by fishing wire traps, which tear paws and tails off when the possums try to escape. There have also been many possums poisoned with rat poison, and have needed treatment. Rheya Linden, an Animal Active campaigner, said that possums had also been deliberately hurt at Carlton North's Curtain Square park. She said that
“Over the past two years we've come across possums trapped and burnt alive in wheelie bins and this year we found a possum stabbed to death with the knife left in it.”
All our information came from: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/animals/possum-mutilation-on-rise-rspca-20121017-27pv5.html#ixzz29uHIo3Qv
If you are interested in the issue then please read the article yourself, as there is other information that was not used in the post.
Sincerely,
Miki Bluethorn
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