If you had livestock, you wouldn’t want them around. I do love it when someone poders what possible purpose possums have. I like to say ," to eat a million PITA insects with no iuse."
I live in a region with deer ticks and had to undergo preventative antibiotics last year after a tick bite.
You’re right. I don’t have livestock. I do have a dog.
Coyotes are a much bigger problem for my relatives who are farmers who have livestock. I suppose it depends what kind of livestock you have. I haven’t heard about any local farmers talking about possums the way I hear farmers talking about coyotes or gophers.
My cousins who raise cattle also hate ticks, and have to check their cattle and horses for ticks.