Opossum rescue. Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates.
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| Rescued opossum in mouse or hamster cage in the car going home |
Me: We can take the opossum. We are licensed to care for wildlife. We've rehabbed opossums in LA for over 10 years.
Bitch: Oh good, we are asking a rehome fee of 200 and he comes with his enclosure.
Me: We don't need his enclosure. He legally must be in a 6' x 6' x 6' enclosure which we have. I sent you an email after this one. Thanks for caring for the opossum. I'm sure you just didn't realize the wildlife regs when you rescued him. Most people don't know. We end up with a few unreleasable wild animals every year in this manner. We use some to educate children and the community. The ones that don't care to go to events live out their lives in sanctuary. Thanks.
Bitch: Okay well I think I'll just keep him throughout the duration of his lifespan then, thanks anyway.
Me: If you give us his cage with all toys, hammocks, bowls, I can get a donor to pay the $200.
Bitch: No it's okay, thank you
Me: I was not going to turn you in to authorities. There is an amnesty program if you turn over illegal wildlife to a permitted sanctuary or rehabber. Otherwise it's a felony. The best thing is to give us the opossum under the amnesty program. The animal is imprinted and will be kept in sanctuary or if he likes, used in education at events.
Bitch: Excuse me? Are you threatening me?
Me: There is an amnesty program. I told you about it. If you turn over the opossum, there will not be a fine or jail time. I was polite, tried to help you, offered to buy it from you but you refused. I will still get my donors to pay you the $200 if you turn over the opossum tomorrow.
Bitch: Oh, I DONT care about the animal that I rescued when it's mom was hit by a car? Yeah okay, no. I declined, and that's that, then you threatened me, how dare you. Fuck off. I'm taking him to a REAL rehab facility in Huntington Beach that I looked up and I KNOW is real and can confirm employees. They will raise him properly. As for you, go try to be a badass and threaten others elsewhere. He's not going with you with your asshole attitude. And trying to bribe me with money, fuck you.
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She continued to offer the opossum for sale of course. The ad was still there. She only cared about money. I then pretended to be a stupid idiot with no animal experience who just wanted the opossum as a cool pet to carry around at parties. Sold! She gave an address to pick him up the next day on Vancouver Dr in Santa Ana.
The address is a home half a block from where she actually lives. Like I couldn't see her come out of the apartment and walk up the street. This woman is 25 years old, white, 5'6" 280 lbs with some tats on her wrists dressed like a punk rocker in skinny jeans and a hood. She shaved her eyebrows off and had chola eyebrows tattoo'd. I complimented her on her eyebrow tattoo and she said "thanks!"
She had the opossum in this small hamster or mouse cage. She said her boyfriend was bringing the bigger cage now. I continued to pretend to not know anything about animals and asked what he liked to eat. I asked if he liked cheetohs. She said he would love cheetohs. Then she started talking about all the people who wanted him including some "rehabber or whatever bitch." She said "opossums like this are highly desirable pets." She tried to hold and pet the opossum to show me how tame he was but he didn't want to have anything to do with her.
She said she found him as a baby and took him to her rehabber friend in Huntington Beach. They said they would kill him even though he was healthy. She decided to save his life instead. A rehabber would not kill a healthy baby opossum. Obviously she's lying.
She then said her husky dog has been terrorizing the opossum and she's worried he might kill him. She also said her place is too small for him. His name is Dexter. I ask to put him in my car while we wait. I put him in my car. There was five minutes there when I could have just driven off without paying. I just didn't need another crazy psychotic person like bat lady after me so I stayed and paid.
Her boyfriend comes walking down the street. He's 25 years old, dumb as a rock, 5'9" 130 lbs long dyed jet black hair, white, lots of colorful tattoos on his forearms. He loads the cage in my car. I hand over the $200. Bitch pretends to give a shit and says "I miss Dexter already." She was just happy to get the money. She asked me to send her pics and emails telling her how Dexter is doing.
Dexter is in the house because he's not used to outside. He's in a large enclosure and I take him out at night so he can get used to me and possibly going to events in the future if he wants to go. Thanks to Dave, Lori and Stephanie for donating money to pay for his ransom.
This woman also fosters and sells kittens and reptiles on craigslist and other online places. I think she gets the animals for free then sells them for profit. I have her home address, phone number and email addresses.
Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.
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