Well, they thought if it was the "dead space" it was for storing dead things.

I love your description of the "skunk man."  Ruth





At 10:40 PM -0800 12/29/04, Cuyler Page wrote:

>Ruth,
>I knew we had something in common!   East meets West.   I have had 20 skunks
>(for a day at a time).   If I had known you wanted one/some I could have put
>one/them in the mail.   Didn't have to travel for mine, they just  moved in
>one at a time under the historic site house I managed.   Live-trapped them,
>two or three a year, and took them into the hills.    Learned there is a
>Provincial law that says to protect wildlife, it is illegal to possess or
>transport skunks, but it is legal to shoot them.   I came to love those
>persistent little stinkers, and we shared pleasant company when they were in
>the trap.   As long as they were not threatened they were very personable
>and gentle.   They also seemed to have a strong architectural sense    Every
>time I blocked and entrance with rocks they found some way to move them or
>to create another entrance.   It wasn't their smell that was the problem.
>It was never "skunky" there.   It was the awful stink of the carrion they
>brought in to store in the dead space under the floor.   Sometimes took
>weeks before it desiccated and stopped stinking.
>
>Once the current mama got killed on the road and little babies began
>wandering out in the daylight looking very hungry and lost.   I called a
>local guy who had a reputation as a skunk protector to come and get them,
>and he had no hesitation at just picking them up any old way.   If they
>sprayed, he laughed.   Liked to kiss them.  Said he kept them inside his
>house so the Wildlife Officer couldn't see them.   He stunk big-time but was
>really jolly.
>
>cp in bc
>
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