Grafton, Massachusetts, police help skunk with head stuck in cup
Grafton, Massachusetts, police helped a skunk that was found with its snout stuck in a cup.The distressed animal was spotted on Pleasant Street early Thursday morning walking in circles, trying to shake a container from its head.Officers threw a disposable blanket over the animal to hold it — and to block any less-than-aromatic spray — while removing the cup. “The skunk quickly scurried across the road and back into the woods to reunite with its family. Amazingly, the skunk never sprayed in the officer’s direction as it ran away,” police wrote.
Grafton, Massachusetts, police helped a skunk that was found with its snout stuck in a cup.
The distressed animal was spotted on Pleasant Street early Thursday morning walking in circles, trying to shake a container from its head.
Officers threw a disposable blanket over the animal to hold it — and to block any less-than-aromatic spray — while removing the cup.
“The skunk quickly scurried across the road and back into the woods to reunite with its family. Amazingly, the skunk never sprayed in the officer’s direction as it ran away,” police wrote.