Pregnant Opossum Found “Dead” Hugs The Human That Saved Her Life
Judy Obregon was driving to see her mother-in-law when she saw a dead-looking opossum on the road. Suddenly, the tiny creature lifted her head. Obregon approached her and saw that the opossum was not only injured (probably shot with a BB gun) but also pregnant.
“I knew I could not walk away,” Obregon told The Dodo. She put the opossum in a box and took her to her mother-in-law’s house where she waited for Tabatha, a wildlife rehabilitator. “She has not tried to bite me once,” Tabatha said. “She knows I am here to help, not to hurt her. I think she has a very good chance.” The fragile opossum was scared but clung to Tabatha’s husband for safety.
Rescuing the opossum, later named Angel, was “not one of my typical rescues because I rescue dogs and cats,” Obregon, the founder of animal rescue in Fort Worth, Texas, said. “This is out of the ordinary for me, but I wouldn’t have avoided her for that reason. She is still an animal with a beating heart, and it was still beating when I got to her.” When Angel is fit and healthy again she’ll be released on a 60-acre property where hunting is prohibited.
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Dead-looking opossum lifted her head for help when she saw Judy Obregon driving by
“I knew I could not walk away,” said Obregon
Obregon put the opossum in a box and waited for Tabatha, a wildlife rehabilitator
The fragile opossum was pregnant and scared but clung to Tabatha’s husband for safety
“I could tell…that she was struck, and I’m pretty sure she was shot with a BB gun,” Tabatha said
“She has not tried to bite me once. She knows I am here to help, not to hurt her. I think she has a very good chance”
When the opossum is fit and healthy again she’ll be released on a 60-acre property where hunting is prohibited
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Every once in a while someone comes along and restores my faith in humanity.
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Thank you for being kind to rescue her but where is the rest of the story?? Did she survive? Did she have her babies? Did the babies survive?? If she survived was she eventually releasted? Where the babies releasted, if they servived, with her?? So much left out of this story.
I'm so glad she was saved, so many people would have ignored her just because she's a opposum.
Go to the Facebook page cited in the rest of the article (above)...you'll see that she's fully recovered with babes and living freely & safe
So moving. So happy the little mama had help and finally was saved. Bring tears to my eyes when I saw her suffering.
idiotic people >.< why on earth must they be so f****d up and shoot such a defensless creature......
I am heart broken and then my heart is so warm. Thank you so much for being so selfless and doing something so amazing, Judy.
My heart is broken and then so warm. Judy, thank you for making such a huge difference.
Possums do not get rabies, they eat snakes and rodents and usually change sleeping spots every two weeks or so. If you find one "dead" , do not put it in a garbage bag as when they "plAy possum , they actually go into a coma like state and release a foul smelling odor to discourage an animal from eating them. Come back in a few hours and they will be gone. They are gentle creatures.
Where is the rest of the story? You can't leave us with out the happily ever after!
Wow, lucky! We had a possum in our woodpile when I was a kid and it was the most vicious and mean thing I have ever seen to this day.
Maybe he/she was scared of kids. A lot of them are mean to animals
Load More Replies... Every once in a while someone comes along and restores my faith in humanity.
Load More Replies... Thank you for being kind to rescue her but where is the rest of the story?? Did she survive? Did she have her babies? Did the babies survive?? If she survived was she eventually releasted? Where the babies releasted, if they servived, with her?? So much left out of this story.
I'm so glad she was saved, so many people would have ignored her just because she's a opposum.
Go to the Facebook page cited in the rest of the article (above)...you'll see that she's fully recovered with babes and living freely & safe
So moving. So happy the little mama had help and finally was saved. Bring tears to my eyes when I saw her suffering.
idiotic people >.< why on earth must they be so f****d up and shoot such a defensless creature......
I am heart broken and then my heart is so warm. Thank you so much for being so selfless and doing something so amazing, Judy.
My heart is broken and then so warm. Judy, thank you for making such a huge difference.
Possums do not get rabies, they eat snakes and rodents and usually change sleeping spots every two weeks or so. If you find one "dead" , do not put it in a garbage bag as when they "plAy possum , they actually go into a coma like state and release a foul smelling odor to discourage an animal from eating them. Come back in a few hours and they will be gone. They are gentle creatures.
Where is the rest of the story? You can't leave us with out the happily ever after!
Wow, lucky! We had a possum in our woodpile when I was a kid and it was the most vicious and mean thing I have ever seen to this day.
Maybe he/she was scared of kids. A lot of them are mean to animals
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