When a sick possum showed up in my garden my heart overtook my head. Is it ever OK to feed urban wildlife?

While official advice is clear, it's not a black-and-white issue, experts say. Responsibly interacting with urban wildlife may increase our compassionChopping vegetables in my kitchen on a winter afternoon, I was startled by the sound of rustling branches and loud coughing coming from my back yard.I walked outside tentatively, prepared to face a fence-hopping intruder. Instead, after a few minutes of listening to evenly timed wheezes, I spotted it - a small brushtail possum, tucked behind lilly-pilly branches bowing over my fence. Continue reading...