Officer Marshall Steen of the Pearl Police Department is earning praise and plenty of smiles after stepping up to care for one of the city’s smallest residents — a baby possum.
Known for his compassion for both animals and people, Officer Steen recently returned to his role with Pearl Animal Control and wasted no time jumping into action.
During a routine day, he discovered a very young possum alone on the ground with no mother in sight. Believed to have fallen from his mother’s back, the tiny marsupial was just old enough to ride outside the pouch — and too young to survive on his own…