Skunks flood California city looking for love

foxnews.com ^ | 1/31/12 | Foxnews

[ColdOne]

Love stinks!

Just two weeks before Valentine's Day, hundreds of skunks have flooded Sacramento, Calif., in search of the perfect mate, bringing with them a pungent smell and creating a nuisance for many homeowners, Fox40.com reports.

"They are everywhere," animal trapper Stephen Andert told the station.

Andert, the owner of Creature

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I like skunks!

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[RexBeach]

This story doesn’t pass the smell test.

[UCANSEE2]

[ColdOne]

ping

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Do I Have to be the one to say it?

They chose the State Capitol to be with their own kind.

[dfwgator]

That didn’t take long.

[JRandomFreeper]

I read about this earlier and called to encourage my liberal daughter (she lives there) to let her B&W cat out of the house more... I mean, it just came up in conversation... The cat being antsy around the grandbabies and all..

/johnny

[Joe Boucher]

Love to see this turn out some trapper is catching skunks and releasing them at the Calif. State house.
For giggles.

[GoldenPup]

Skunks flood California city looking for love

No surprise...they have been in San Francisco for years...some were even elected to Congress.

[G Larry]

And in the California State Capital, you’d notice the differnce how?

[Slings and Arrows]

Throw 'em into the local Occupy encampment - it'll improve the smell.

[Bigg Red]

Reporters are so lazy. I went to the original piece to get an explanation for why the skunks would want to come to the city for mating, but there was not a single bit of info. Would it have been so difficult to make a call to a wildlife biologist?

[Daffynition]

[sodpoodle]

They are adorable, gentle and sweet tempered. They can be de-scented and it’s surprising they have not caught on as a pet.

That smell is pungent though;)

[Vigilanteman]

Q: Why did the skunks invade Sacramento instead of San Fransisco?

A: Because skunks have standards too!

Seriously, I had one set up shop under my woodshed one fall. I got rid of him by sprinkling the perimeter with human urine and cucumber gratings. For some reason, skunks hate the smell of fresh cucumbers. I could never understand why.

Just that my grandma used the concoction and it worked.

[KarlInOhio]

bringing with them a pungent smell and creating a nuisance for many homeowners,

Occupy Sacramento!

[aimhigh]

My dog got skunked a couple years ago. The best remedy for the smell is to smear toothpaste all over the affected areas. Works great.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Have you ever been in a NYC phone booth on a hot day?