McALLEN – McAllen City Commissioners recently suggested a 60-day moratorium on picking up opossums. McAllen Animal Control wardens collect stray cats and dogs, as well as opossums and delivers all animals to the Palm Valley Animal Shelter. There, the shelter works to prepare the cats and dogs for fostering or adoption; opossums are generally let loose into rural areas by the shelter. McAllen City Commissioners hope that by enacting the moratorium, McAllen animal control officers will be able to concentrate on picking up stray cats and dogs, to further reduce the number of stray animals loose in the community. “While we understand ...