CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - These are the salad days for one lucky skunk. Officer James Kellett said a skunk whose head was stuck in an empty salad dressing jar wandered into the police station's parking lot Thursday in Carrollton Township, near Saginaw and about 80 miles north of Detroit.
Kellett wanted to serve and protect the white-striped weasel, but wasn't interested in any resistance — spray or otherwise. So he grabbed a BB gun used in hunters' safety courses and shot at the jar from about 40 feet.
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. And the makers of T. Marzetti's salad dressing are sending the officer coupons good for free dressing as a reward.
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Information from: The Saginaw News, http://www.mlive.com
Full Version: Cop uses BB gun to save "Jarhead" Skunk!
QUOTE(swtp @ Oct 5 2007, 03:25 PM) 
CARROLLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - These are the salad days for one lucky skunk. Officer James Kellett said a skunk whose head was stuck in an empty salad dressing jar wandered into the police station's parking lot Thursday in Carrollton Township, near Saginaw and about 80 miles north of Detroit.
Kellett wanted to serve and protect the white-striped weasel, but wasn't interested in any resistance — spray or otherwise. So he grabbed a BB gun used in hunters' safety courses and shot at the jar from about 40 feet.
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. And the makers of T. Marzetti's salad dressing are sending the officer coupons good for free dressing as a reward.
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Information from: The Saginaw News, http://www.mlive.com
Kellett wanted to serve and protect the white-striped weasel, but wasn't interested in any resistance — spray or otherwise. So he grabbed a BB gun used in hunters' safety courses and shot at the jar from about 40 feet.
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. And the makers of T. Marzetti's salad dressing are sending the officer coupons good for free dressing as a reward.
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Information from: The Saginaw News, http://www.mlive.com
That's very cool.Im glad he has a heart and cared enough to not endanger anyone,or hurt the lil guy.Skunks have got a bad rap cause of what they can do(yuck!) but they are really sweet creatures who are full of curiosity.(probably why the jar on his head...) On a side note,when domesticated,and the sac removed(that makes the odor) they make great pets.
QUOTE(soldierspy @ Oct 5 2007, 03:43 PM)
That's very cool.Im glad he has a heart and cared enough to not endanger anyone,or hurt the lil guy.Skunks have got a bad rap cause of what they can do(yuck!) but they are really sweet creatures who are full of curiosity.(probably why the jar on his head...) On a side note,when domesticated,and the sac removed(that makes the odor) they make great pets.
Yeah they are cute little guys and i,ve heard they make great pets after the sack is removed! I just worry about the broken glass thats still around his neck, i hope he doesn,t cut his paws or anything trying to pull it off!
Aw! 
Good Cop! 
I hope the skunk manages to free himself from his glass collar without getting cut! Maybe the BBs cracked it for him?
Good Cop! I hope the skunk manages to free himself from his glass collar without getting cut! Maybe the BBs cracked it for him?
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