NC possum drop may feature roadkill for New Year

With a judge's ruling favoring a lawsuit brought by extreme animal rights group People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the promoter of the annual Brasstown, NC New Year's possum drop will be barred from using a live marsupial to bring in 2012 as it has for the past 19 years. “We’re still going to do the event,” said Clay Logan, owner of Clay’s Corner store. “We just don’t know who the guest of honor will be.” Asheville Citizen-Times.