Scared Possum saved from Dogs by Bonsai

Every summer my wife and I are on constant alert in the evenings to save young oppossum from our three Jack Russell Terriers while they are outside. I'm afraid we are not always successfull!

In this instance we managed to save this cute little guy. The dogs had chased him up into one of my bonsai (a Dwarf Hinoki Cypress) which was safely sitting on a bench. When we heard them howling we scrambled out and it took a few minutes before we saw his face up in the tree. We picked him out of the tree and carried him over to the nearby woods.

Dale Cochoy
Wild Things Bonsai Studio