THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Skunks cause headaches in Roswell

Animal control in Roswell blames dry weather as the number of calls to remove skunks has doubled compared to this same time last year. KOB Eyewitness News 4 went along with animal control officers Thursday as they checked the 15 traps they set around the city. Officials say the skunks have wandered into populated areas looking for water. Since the beginning of March, they've trapped 12 skunks, averaging about one every other day...more

Here's the KOB-TV video report:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Are these skunks escapees from the NM roundhouse? Those who voted to keep issuing drivers licenses to illegal aliens are not much better than a skunk under your home. They stink up the state and make it inviting for all other outlaws.
Remember their names and VOTE THEM OUT!; 7:41 AM
Frank DuBois said...: Mystery solved. Now we know where all those skunks originated!; 2:05 PM
Anonymous said...: This story stinks as much as the skunks. This is news?; 9:03 AM