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Stinky situation: Manatee County deputy saves trapped skunk

The skunk was near the sheriff's office's training facility.
Credit: Manatee County Sheriff's Office
A deputy in Manatee County rescued a skunk on Thursday.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — In a "stinky situation," A Manatee County Sheriff's deputy saved a skunk that had its head trapped on Thursday.

Deputy Fiore spotted the skunk with its head inside a plastic bottle near the department's training center, according to a Facebook post from the Sheriff's office. 

With a little assistance and bolt cutters, the deputy freed the animal, and "he lived to smell another day."

   

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