Baby opossums: What to do if you find them

Recently our local Animal Control Officer discovered 4 opossum babies, or joeys who had survived an incident that killed their mother. A local wildlife rescue was able to pick them up and they are under their care now, but it is worthwhile to note that if you see an obviously dead opossum, it might be a mother with joeys inside her pouch that need saving. “If you see an obviously dead female…