In December, the city of St. Paul MN banned Sugargliders as pets, this was a preventative banning, not because their harmful or pests, but because they have specific needs and - "It’s hard to tell in advance whether someone will be a responsible pet owner" -

So... because of this violation of the freedom of choice, some people who currently own sugargliders in St. Paul waited till the first thaw and "released" them into the wild. Their choices are slip, because most of the humane societys around here are euthanising the gliders when their brought in. Unfortunatly the winter has been long and severe and the thaw didn't last, so many died when the frosts returned or were injured (ears & tails snapped off) by frostbite. Additionally, because the winter has been so long here, the insects are not as abundant as normal, and the sugargliders are starving to death.

How do I come to be posting about this? Well, one of these abandoned babies is hiding in one of the big trees in our backyard. It's starving, so hungry it's eating the birdseed from the birdfeeder. I'm about to go out back and hang up a cage with some treats and a lil safehouse in it to try and catch this little fella.

I've contacted the local paper and spoken to the reporter that wrote a story on the banning back in December. He's going to look into it and probably do a piece on it next week. Hopefully that will have some kind of impact but... we'll see.