Homeowners Won’t Trap Skunks, Possums

After intense weekend negotiations between residents and a homeowners association, the skunks and possums of a local neighborhood were saved from Monday’s proposed trapping.

The homeowners association board bowed to upset residents late Sunday night, agreeing to educate the community about living peacefully with wildlife. Several residents had passionately opposed the trapping, saying it would disrupt the animals’ birthing season and could leave litters of motherless young.

The neighborhood in SeaCliff on the Greens hugs the edge of the Bolsa Chica wetlands, an area of prolific wildlife. The association had said the trapping was necessary to protect against lawsuits in case of animal attacks.