BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press 5
PURCELL — "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" in the Oklahoma town of Purcell is actually a skunk.
Peggy Christian coordinates Operation Christmas in the town of about 6,000 people, 35 miles south of Oklahoma City. She said Tuesday that most of the $16,000 worth of toys gathered in the drive to benefit more than 800 children from poor families had been ruined by the scent sprayed by a four-legged intruder in a shed where the toys were stored.
She said volunteers found a few pieces that were salvageable, but most of the toys stink — dance mats, dolls, pizza ovens and stuffed animals alike.
Plans called for the toys to be distributed this Friday, and Christian said residents are now scrambling to replace the damaged goods with new donations.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Skunk stinks up Oklahoma town's $16,000 worth of toys
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press 5
PURCELL — "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" in the Oklahoma town of Purcell is actually a skunk.
Peggy Christian coordinates Operation Christmas in the town of about 6,000 people, 35 miles south of Oklahoma City. She said Tuesday that most of the $16,000 worth of toys gathered in the drive to benefit more than 800 children from poor families had been ruined by the scent sprayed by a four-legged intruder in a shed where the toys were stored.
She said volunteers found a few pieces that were salvageable, but most of the toys stink — dance mats, dolls, pizza ovens and stuffed animals alike.
Plans called for the toys to be distributed this Friday, and Christian said residents are now scrambling to replace the damaged goods with new donations.
PURCELL — "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" in the Oklahoma town of Purcell is actually a skunk.
Peggy Christian coordinates Operation Christmas in the town of about 6,000 people, 35 miles south of Oklahoma City. She said Tuesday that most of the $16,000 worth of toys gathered in the drive to benefit more than 800 children from poor families had been ruined by the scent sprayed by a four-legged intruder in a shed where the toys were stored.
She said volunteers found a few pieces that were salvageable, but most of the toys stink — dance mats, dolls, pizza ovens and stuffed animals alike.
Plans called for the toys to be distributed this Friday, and Christian said residents are now scrambling to replace the damaged goods with new donations.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Skunks, badgers enlisted to control Idaho pelicans
Apr 21, 12:32 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho is enlisting badgers and skunks in its fight against pelicans that are eating too many sport fish and hurting sensitive populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game managers released three badgers and two skunks last week on Gull Island in southeastern Idaho's Blackfoot Reservoir.
Last year, federal officials rejected Idaho's plan to shoot birds and oil eggs to halve the nesting pelican population in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013.
Federal officials dubbed that an "eradication program."
So now, state managers are releasing predators, even though they opted against doing so in 2009 because they feared that badgers and skunks could hurt colonies of other nesting birds.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PELICAN_VS_TROUT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho is enlisting badgers and skunks in its fight against pelicans that are eating too many sport fish and hurting sensitive populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game managers released three badgers and two skunks last week on Gull Island in southeastern Idaho's Blackfoot Reservoir.
Last year, federal officials rejected Idaho's plan to shoot birds and oil eggs to halve the nesting pelican population in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013.
Federal officials dubbed that an "eradication program."
So now, state managers are releasing predators, even though they opted against doing so in 2009 because they feared that badgers and skunks could hurt colonies of other nesting birds.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PELICAN_VS_TROUT
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Skunk diet
30 December 2009 16:30 PM
A skunk in Britain has lost a quarter of his body weight after going on a diet.
The animal - named Mr. Bumbles - was put on a crash diet after his weight reached almost 15lb, which is twice the recommended weight for a skunk of his size.
Mr. Bumbles was given to the Tropiquaria Zoo in Somerset, South West England after his owners admitted to feeding him two greasy bacon sandwiches a day.
He has now lost 4.5lb after following a strict diet of fruit and enjoying two long walks a day.
http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/147326-skunk-diet/
A skunk in Britain has lost a quarter of his body weight after going on a diet.
The animal - named Mr. Bumbles - was put on a crash diet after his weight reached almost 15lb, which is twice the recommended weight for a skunk of his size.
Mr. Bumbles was given to the Tropiquaria Zoo in Somerset, South West England after his owners admitted to feeding him two greasy bacon sandwiches a day.
He has now lost 4.5lb after following a strict diet of fruit and enjoying two long walks a day.
http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/147326-skunk-diet/
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