Man arrested after giving CPR to roadkill

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/89289687.html?cmpid=15585797

Some people will go to extraordinary lengths to save their pets. Tales of pet owners giving CPR to their cats and dogs are fairly common. But how many folks would try to resuscitate a wild animal?

Possums are prone to play dead, especially when threatened. Their eyes glaze over, their teeth are bared, and they secrete a rank stench from their glands.

But the possum lying along the Colonel Drake Highway on Thursday was doing none of that, troopers said. It was long-dead certified roadkill.

Trooper Jamie Levier of the Punxsutawney barracks said witnesses saw Wolfe, 55, locking lips with the lifeless marsupial about 3 p.m. in a remote area about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

After receiving several calls, troopers arrested Wolfe along an isolated stretch of the highway and charged him with public drunkenness.

Levier says the Brookville man was "extremely intoxicated" and "did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth, I guess."

Another person saw Wolfe kneeling before the deceased animal and gesturing as though he were conducting a séance, Levier said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/89289687.html?cmpid=15585797

[tekisui]

1. Aw, they arrested the man for being a compassionate drunk.

Poor guy had a lot of love to give.

[FLyellowdog]

2. If I'm not mistaken, this type of CPR is covered in the the new HCR law.

:rofl:

[cynatnite]

3. Well, his heart is in the right place...that's all I've got to say. n/t

[Brickbat]

4. Oh em gee the trooper's comment is awesome.

"He did have his mouth in the area of the animal's mouth, I guess."

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Believe it or not, this guy IS DAMN LUCKY

this possum WAS road kill...

His heart is in the right place though... but it goes without saying, kiddies don't try this one at home.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. lucky the possum didn't chew his lips off? They look pretty vicious

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Or worst

we had one call where the damn thing was INSIDE a home, hissing, and threatening... Not fun.

[TexasObserver]

8. Wouldn't making a video and putting it on you-tube have been more appropriate?

[sfwriter]

9. It's ok to love animals, just not to LOVE animals, you know...

[j420norcal]

10. Arrested?!?

Seriously, what ever happened to just 'shooing' people away when they did something strange? Yeah, I know he was drunk, but just tell him to go home and sleep it off.

[tblue]

11. Really. Doesn't the law have better things to do?

It's revolting, and possums are nasty mean, but....I can't even finish because the thought of this is making me LOL!

[Hekate]

12. I hope they make sure he gets rabies shots. Seriously. And a mental health check.

>gag<