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Santa Cruz County officer rescues skunk with head stuck in gopher trap

SKUNK STUCK IN TRAP RESCUE
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) An officer with the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is smelling like a skunk after rescuing one.

Officer Carlos Montes responded to help a skunk that got its head stuck in a gopher trap Tuesday morning.

The skunk was safely freed and released back into the wild, but Montes was sprayed in the process.

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