This past Friday, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) finally issued a permit allowing the Brasstown organizers to capture a possum for use in their annual “Possum Drop” festival on New Year’s Eve.  Predictably, the assiduously asinine activists at PETA are going to court on Monday to block it.  The contention over this event has a surprisingly long history, and was even the impetus for a piece of legislation aimed at accommodating the organizer:

Last year, a judge ruled the Wildlife Resources Commission could not issue a permit for Logan’s event unless there was a change in the law to allow the commission to issue permits.

In March, the General Assembly passed a bill that gave the commission the power to issue permits.  The bill, signed into law the same month, also allows licensed sportsmen to hold animals for display as long as they are returned to the wild when the event is over.

Was this enough to dissuade PETA from further spoil-sport shenanigans?  But, nooooo …

The entire silliness, including the history, is HERE in this article from the Raleigh News & Observer.