Judge sides with PETA, halts NC 'possum drop

A Wake County, NC judge has halted the annual Opossum Drop in the community of Brasstown, a victory for animal rights groups that alleged lowering the marsupial in a tinsel-covered box on New Year’s Eve was inhumane. Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison ruled Tuesday that organizer Clay Logan did not qualify for a permit to hold animals captive, and that the state Wildlife Resources Commission had no authority to issue a special permit. Charlotte News-Observer.