The opossum, a male weighing approximately nine pounds, will be euthanized for rabies testing due to the unknown origin of the animal. Several opossums have been captured in Hawaii in recent years ...

“But in general as far as a rabies vector they can get rabies but it is a very low percentage of possums that do.” Experts said opossums are pretty common in the Upstate. “It is not uncommon ...

they have a very low risk of contracting and spreading rabies. In contrast to Rob Ford’s characterization of these animals as “vicious,” an opossum’s typical response to being threatened ...

A woman became a honky-tonk hero when she humanely removed an opossum from Banita Creek Hall in Nacogdoches, Texas One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.

A wayward opossum that was discovered walking on the Bay Bridge in February has been released into the wild after being treated at a San Rafael wildlife rescue center. In an "extremely slow-speed ...

Chief Lyver also said his officer fired multiple shots into the torso of the possum because they are instructed by the state to preserve the animal's brain for rabies testing. "One shot with a ...