AP Panther Fan
10-08-2007, 10:21 AM
Just came across this article. Call me crazy, but I feel sorry for the skunk. You would think Animal Control might have handled this a bit differently.:thinking:
Officer frees skunk with head stuck in jar
Associated Press
Monday, October 8, 2007
Michigan officer James Kellett knows it's job to serve and protect even when it comes to nature's stinky black and white creatures.
When a skunk with its head stuck in a salad dressing jar wandered into the Carrollton Township police station's parking lot, he grabbed a pellet gun and shot at the jar from about 40 feet away.
The shots cracked and shattered the jar, leaving a glass collar around the skunk's neck. With its head free, the skunk ran off.
"I didn't want to use deadly force, and it is a residential area," Kellett told The Saginaw News. "The way he was when he took off, he was able to eat, breathe and spray and do anything else skunks like to do."
Kellett didn't get much in the way of gratitude, but he's grateful the skunk didn't spray. But there is one bonus the makers of T. Marzetti's salad dressing are sending the officer coupons good for free dressing as a reward.
Officer frees skunk with head stuck in jar
Associated Press
Monday, October 8, 2007
Michigan officer James Kellett knows it's job to serve and protect even when it comes to nature's stinky black and white creatures.
When a skunk with its head stuck in a salad dressing jar wandered into the Carrollton Township police station's parking lot, he grabbed a pellet gun and shot at the jar from about 40 feet away.
The shots cracked and shattered the jar, leaving a glass collar around the skunk's neck. With its head free, the skunk ran off.
"I didn't want to use deadly force, and it is a residential area," Kellett told The Saginaw News. "The way he was when he took off, he was able to eat, breathe and spray and do anything else skunks like to do."
Kellett didn't get much in the way of gratitude, but he's grateful the skunk didn't spray. But there is one bonus the makers of T. Marzetti's salad dressing are sending the officer coupons good for free dressing as a reward.