Tracy Beckerman: Not Playing Possum with Backyard Discovery That Takes Turn for the Worse

Tracy Beckerman: Not Playing Possum with Backyard Discovery That Takes Turn for the Worse

One morning I walked around the back of our yard and discovered a dead animal. I poked it with the toe of my sneaker to make sure it was really dead, not just playing possum. But as they say in The Wizard of Oz, it wasn’t just merely dead, it was really most sincerely dead. Naturally, the first thing I did was take a headcount of all our pets to make sure the furry, stiff thing outside was not one of ours. Then I accounted for all my dog’s stuff…