Late last night a woman in Dunedin called the police on a possum that was terrorising her in her own home. She said the possum would charge at her whenever she tried to leave the house and when the police arrived the possum climbed up the Police officer's leg. It earned the nickname the 'Blacks Road Ripper', and after it was captured it was taken further up Signal Hill and released into the wild. Behaviour Veterinarian and Animal Welfare and Behaviour Consultant Dr Rachael Stratton explains why the Possum may have reacted the way it did.
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