When cornered, an opossum may screech, hiss like a cat and bare its teeth—it has 50 ... to capture with a humane cage trap using fruit or pet food as bait, but you may need to hire a nuisance ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A local opossum owner is devastated after his pet was confiscated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the French Quarter over the Mardi Gras weekend.