My wife beat one to death with a shovel. It was rabid and we had to put 3 or 4 goats down because it had bit them and came after her in the barn. It was a ****ing huge mess! After that we trap them and shoot them. Our dogs also get sprayed from time to time. I hate skunks.....
She is someone whom I would not cross.
Sorry @ the mess I have read that they carry rabies as do coons, foxes etc.
Possums dont apparently .