Anger over photos of students abusing an opossum

  • The photographs show the marsupial being abused as the men look on and laugh
  • Opossum forced to drink beer, kissed and then dumped in a trash can by group
  • Bloomsburg University and Pennsylvania Game Commission now investigating

Pictures showing a group of men forcing an opossum to drink beer, kissing it and dumping it in a trash can have caused fury after spreading online. 

The images, taken in Pennsylvania, show the marsupial being abused as the men look on and laugh.

It was found in a trash can by the group before being captured and abused. 

Now it has emerged one man in the group is a student at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania. 

The images, taken in Pennsylvania, show the marsupial being abused as the men look on and laugh

Now it has emerged one man in the group is a student at Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania

Now it has emerged one man in the group is a student at Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Game Commission is also investigating, with those involved facing charges of disturbing wildlife and fines of up to $1,700 dollars and three months in prison

Pennsylvania Game Commission is also investigating, with those involved facing charges of disturbing wildlife and fines of up to $1,700 dollars and three months in prison

The college said it had received a number of calls from people distressed by the images and was taking the matter ‘very seriously’ by launching an investigation, WNEP reported.

Pennsylvania Game Commission is also investigating, with those involved facing charges that come with fines of up to $1,700 and three months in prison.

Officer William Williams, a Game Commission spokesman, told Penn Live the men in the pictures will be brought to account.

He said: ‘People have found these images disturbing and so have we.’

Williams added that three suspects will be held accountable under the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife Code, with charges of disturbing wildlife and unlawful taking of wildlife expected.

He would not, however, reveal their names.

The opossum is believed to have survived the abuse by either escaping or being let loose.                        

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