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Thursday, October 22, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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The Poor Opossum

RALEIGH, N.C. - PETA says the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission illegally grants a permit to let a store owner hoist an opossum high in the air in a Plexiglass box every New Year's Eve, which is cruel to the opossum.

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