He saves a skunk; law raises a stink

Ryan Turner said he just wanted to save a skunk struggling in a trap.

But after he moved the trapped animal from city property into the shade in his adjacent yard, Turner found himself facing a potential $652 fine for what police now say may have been a misunderstanding.

The 30-year-old audio technician had no reason to feel friendly toward the skunk, which lived on a city-owned snowplow-storage lot next to his home at 169 W. Oakland Ave. (2470 South). On July 31, the skunk crawled under the fence, through a cat door and into Turner’s first-floor bedroom.

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Tagged as: Animals, Audio Technicians, Cats, Fines, Police, Ryan Turner, Skunks, Traps

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