after not checking this for a day i am SHOCKED at what some people have said.
and yes i do understand that they are a pest, but they didnt ask to become this way. someone needs to think of something that they can spray on gorse or something that we dont need anymore so the possums can eat the gorse or whatever.
they do make great pets, i'd never let her go, i understand about the being tame thing.
I feel a little insulted by some of the comments. don't be cruel to animals, its not fair and you might come back as animal and then someone might shoot you with a gun.
if shes not released so cant eat trees and she cant have babies. so really everyone wins.
now if someone can come up with a plant they can eat that we dont need.....or some way to slow their reproduction down. eventually one day something will change and the possum population will decrease. but its like everything: you kill something off you effect everything else.
please no more cruel comments. there are animal lovers out there!