Story: Possums

Possum dog food

A small range of canned and dehydrated pet food is made from possum meat. Bryan Bassett-Smith developed the products and makes them at his Te Puke-based company.

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Gerard Hutching, Possums – Spread of possums, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16890/possum-dog-food (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.

Comments

Colin G Cox
25 January 2023

Would appreciate discussion with B Basset-Smith. (History. Pioneer deer farmer. With Sir P Elworthy helped pioneer possum clothing.