Why are things never like cartoons?

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Reading up on Skunkly things, I can't help but wonder how it is that skunks survive in the wild, and I am reminded of the Screamipillar.
http://www.skunksaspets.com/skunkstuff.htm if you'd care to read about it.
On a related note, we seem to have a family of skunks living around our house. I can't begin to tell you of the joy this brings me, to see them running around, or eating, or rasslin'. I was super happy last night, standing with Anthony with the lights out, watching the skunks run around in our neighbors yard. My joy is not my neighbors joy, however, nor is it Aimee's, and I fear that someday soon, someone will call an exterminator, and I'll have to burn that someones house down. This makes it especially awkward if it's Aimee that calls. Only kidding about that, of course, and I also recognize that the skunks will probably not thrive in this environment, anyway. One of them died beneath a neighbors house a few weeks back, of unknown causes, and I saw one dead on the side of the road a few days later.
I have issues with roadkill, but residential road kill really angers me. I can understand going fast on a freeway, it's dark, etc. etc., but on residential streets, there's no excuse. I also understand that being run over is probably one of the kinder ways for animals to die in the wild, but I digress.
The gist of all this is this: I recognize that this situation is good for no one but me, and if anybody has any ideas as to a happy ending for the skunks, I'd appreciate a shoutout.

Squeak

Comments

[lizetta.livejournal.com]

Before you get to far with the burning down of houses, just consider that wild skunks are a local carrier of rabies. They don't all have it, but many do.

If you ever see one sick or acting strangely, please don't try to care for it. I know how much you love critters, but even a small bite would result in you needed several shots (in the arm though, not in the stomach any more).

The local animal control folks might be willing to relocate the animals, you could call and ask without giving out their location. They don't like to kill animals either.

[erraticsporadic.livejournal.com]

if a car can kill a human being at 35 mph, a car can definitely kill a very small animal at 25 or even 10 mph. i know your arguemtn is more of, "you should be going slow enough to stop," but sometimes those things just scamper out of NOWHERE and suddenly they're in front of your car.

i've never hit an animal, and i hope i never do, but it does happen. i think most cases are not people going to fast, but rather, the animal not understanding the timing of cars.

[mewbot.livejournal.com]

Pooor skunkies
I just saw two roadkill squirrels in a row. :( That made me really upset. How do you manage to hit a squirrel?