An obese skunk which piled on the pounds because of a love of bacon sandwiches has slimmed down after being put on a strict diet.24 Dec 2009
Mr Bumble has lost 4.4lb (2kg) on a gruelling weight loss regime involving eating more healthily and taking regular exercise.
The two-year-old skunk was given to Tropiquaria Zoo at Washford Cross, Somerset, in September.
His previous owners could no longer care for him and handed him over to the RSPCA but admitted that they had fed him bacon sandwiches.
Chris Moiser, the park's owner, said Mr Bumble weighed one stone (6.8kg) when he first arrived and needed to lose 5 to 6lb (2.2 to 2.7kg).
He has two half-hour walks each day and a disciplined diet of vegetables and fruit, with the occasional cricket as a treat.
Mr Moiser said the animal needs to lose another 2lbs but was being allowed more animal protein in his diet.
''Mr Bumble is looking much better: we were worried about his health,'' he said.
''He has been on a strict vegetable and fruit diet and we take him out on a lead twice a day, letting him run back to his cage.
''He doesn't sleep as much as he did and seems to be a lot more active and interested in what is going on around him.
''I'm sure he misses the bacon sandwiches.''
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6875445/Obese-skunk-diets-after-getting-fat-on-bacon-sandwiches.html
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