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[sourceninja]

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[IronWing]

Bury it. Figure a foot of soil cover for every thirty pounds. Don't touch it with bare hands. Wash yourself and clothes when done. Use soap.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Lure in a pack of coyotes, they'll eat it.

 

[MrSquished]

Wash yourself and clothes when done. Use soap.

What else is he going to wash his hands with, Listerine?

 

[sourceninja]

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[nakedfrog]

Put it on the "Free" section on craigslist.

 

[who?]

It's just a possum, put it in a garbage bag and throw it away.
Animal scientists now believe that possums actually faint out of fear.

 

[zinfamous]

"It was acting old."

OK, what does that mean? ...and note that you've at least offended Boomer, oldsmoboat, and possibly highland.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Lately our backyard has had a visitor. A obviously old opossum. It would stumble in the yard and eat the food we put out for the cats.

In any case, we discovered it dead by the shed this morning. I know they can play dead so I've been waiting until I get home from work to deal with it, but it was acting very old and didn't look in the best shape. What is the proper way to deal with a fairly large dead animal on your property? Does animal control handle issues like this?

Either bury it far enough that it won't get eaten (2-3 feet) or wrap it in a trashbag and take it somewhere forest-ey, and chuck it in the woods. Nature will take care of it from there.

And yes wash up after.

 

[sourceninja]

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[Brainonska511]

With an inside-out garbage bag, pick it up and seal the bag. Toss out with your regular trash.

 

[IronWing]

https://youtu.be/l3dhHBhWnBY?t=81

 

[NesuD]

"It was acting old."

OK, what does that mean? ...and note that you've at least offended Boomer, oldsmoboat, and possibly highland.

Add me to that list. First my son calls me a curmudgeon and then I read this.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

With an inside-out garbage bag, pick it up and seal the bag. Toss out with your regular trash.

One day (in GA) I was heading out to work on a trash day. Walked outside to find a dozen vultures standing around my garbage can, looking at me like I owed them something. Food's bad enough, I wouldn't want a rotting corpse in my trash can.

 

[BudAshes]

Possum stew.

http://www.hillbillycrackpot.com/how-to-catch-and-cook-a-possum/

 

[Ruptga]

With an inside-out garbage bag, pick it up and seal the bag. Toss out with your regular trash.

Or, if you're feeling dangerous, grab it with a normal trash bag and turn it inside out around the possum. To a casual observer it will appear to be just another black trash bag, but you'll know. You'll know what you did.

 

[BoomerD]

"It was acting old."

OK, what does that mean? ...and note that you've at least offended Boomer, oldsmoboat, and possibly highland.

OP, I could tell you...but then I'd just have to dispose of your corpse too...

(plus there's no "statue of limitations" on some things.)

 

[ethebubbeth]

I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig shit, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".

 

[lupi]

I'd just grab it and toss it into the can.

 

[JulesMaximus]

"It was acting old."

OK, what does that mean? ...and note that you've at least offended Boomer, oldsmoboat, and possibly highland.

Yelling at the local kids to get off his lawn? Ranting about Obama, voting for Trump, shooting unarmed teens for playing loud music.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Chuck it into the neighbor's yard with a shovel.

 

[Elixer]

Chuck it into the neighbor's yard with a shovel.

Especially, if you don't like said neighbor.

Heh, all kidding aside, a rotting corpse has a horrendous smell, if ground isn't frozen, then I would bury it, if ground is frozen, then I would move it to the edge of your property, and scavengers will soon find it, and eat it.

 

[lxskllr]

Neighbor's mailbox.

 

[Murloc]

I'd just bury it or if I lived close to wild/non-mananged green areas, just chuck it out of my property.

 

[IronWing]

Put a rhinestone collar on it and drag it behind your car. Post video on youtube and wait for it.