Sad news for the good folks of Brasstown, North Carolina as the town has bowed to the will of PETA and will no longer feature a live possum as part of its annual New Year’s Eve celebration:
New Year’s Eve possum drop will go on without the marsupial; PETA says animal has no right to work http://t.co/UsqfIDl4bj
— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) December 31, 2014
PETA fights back: North Carolina town to no longer use live possum in annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop: http://t.co/HE8uzYVjWm
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 31, 2014
A North Carolina town's New Year's Eve Possum Drop won't include a live opossum this year: http://t.co/LxM1QujQz5 pic.twitter.com/NyksSyCLDr
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 31, 2014
But check out PETA’s hypocrisy. The alleged animal-rights organization had no problem honoring Mayor Bill de Blasio as its “2014 Person of the Year” despite the mayor’s role in the killing of a groundhog in February:
Hypocrisy watch: PETA names groundhog killer Bill de Blasio its '2014 Person of the Year' http://t.co/8srRGFMVKy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 18, 2014
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Shame, PETA. SHAME!
As for the celebration in Brasstown, there will be a possum drop, just not with a live possum. Festival organizer Clay Logan explains:
“We’ll probably just lower some other form of possum, a dead possum, road kill maybe, or possum stew.”
How festive.
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