Colorado Skunk's Head Freed From Peanut Butter Jar
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Posted: 9:05 PM Mar 20, 2010
Colorado Skunk's Head Freed From Peanut Butter Jar
It was a sticky -- and potentially stinky -- rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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It was a sticky -- and potentially stinky -- rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction, Colorado.

The officer got a call that the animal was disoriented in someone's front yard, its head stuck in a jar of peanut butter.

State Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton says the officer freed the skunk by tying a noose pole to the jar and pulling. The device is also called a choke stick and is a common tool used by animal control officers.

The skunk was freed without injury after about 10 minutes of pulling and then ran away -- without spraying anyone.

Hampton says it likely got trapped while rooting through someone's trash.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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