the possum and the dog

[disco_mitch]

well i have a problem my siberian husky has become obsessed with the possum that lives in the trees in my backyard, she stands at the bottom of the trees all night waiting for it to come down and barks at it all night its kinda funny excepit its prob annoying my neighbours
now my question is how can i go about relocating the possum, can i get the local ranger to get rid of it

there is one good thing that has come out of it but, the possum used to come into my roof at night and keep me up now it wont come out of the tree coz of the dog

[Tombie]

Its easy to gauge a solution.... .22 should do it

[numpty]

Good luck, but possums, like much of our wildlife, don't take well to relocation.

[Sprint]

mmmm i'd go something a little smaller and higher powered..... .17 is the possum shooters favourite, and if you dont get a hollowpoint, the bullet *should* go straight through.....

that way, the husky gets fed, your neighbours get sleep and everyone is happy!

[disco_mitch]

a 22 would be the go but something tells me this is illegal and not a good idea in the middle of a neighbourhood

is it illegal to kill possums they look to cute to kill anyway would rather just see it taken up to the bush nearby

[alien]

2 Things come to mind.

1st.... Find a New Zealand'er and let them lose in the back yard and plead inocence if anything happens.
When over there for a rescue compition we noticed they have orginized possum hunts(through the gun shops) as they are a declaired pest.


2nd....Husky inside until possum on roof and then "release the hounds", possum won't get back to the tree if you time it right..Won't have to feed that night!

Cheers.

[disco_mitch]

so that still dont answer my question is it illegal to kill them im ready to go out there and "bump" it out the tree and let the dog have dinner

[Sprint]

It's illegal to kill any native fauna...so yes...it's illegal. It's also illegal to trap and relocate then yourself I believe.

what are they gonna do? arrest the dog? personally, i prefer feedign the possum to the dog...... eliminates evidence!

[Sprint]

considering the allegations that have been levelled at me recently, im suprised anyone expects me to have a conscience!

seriously, I take Josef Stalin's approach to problems.....

[Chucaro]

A "clean solution will be to contact a snake catcher and "borrow" a large carpet snake.
It will be the law of the jungle and finish the argument.

Then again.........once the possum goes another bugger will claim the tree as its territory.

Solution: get a pair of ear plugs