Possums

In reading we learnt about how possums came to NZ and why they are such pests here.
These are some reasons why possums should not live in NZ:

• Possums have plenty of food but there is nothing to eat possums in NZ so they only die of old age and people killing them. Which isn't enough to keep it balanced.

• Mother possums usually give birth to 1 baby a year in Australia. But in NZ there is more food so they give birth to 2 a year.

• Possums eat farmers crops and gardens and farmers need there crops to live. So farmers get really angry.

• Possums eat the leaves of trees and that causes the trees to wither and die.

• People set out traps to kill and catch possums. But sometimes it end up killing native birds and other people's dogs.

I think possums are pests and we should just catch them and ship them straight back to their original country (Australia).