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Article: Pepe's capture caused no stink.
- Article from:
- Evening Courier (Halifax, England)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2008
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RSPCA inspectors on the scent of a skunk have finally captured their prey in Todmorden.
The creature - capable of being the smelliest animal in the world - had evaded capture for six months.
Dozens of calls had been received by the RSPCA but no-one had been able to confine the little terror who has been named Pepe Le Peu after the famous Warner Bros character.
RSPCA Inspector Alison Wilkinson finally blocked Pepe in a stairwell at Joshua Street where he had set up home among rubbish.
And, fortunately, Pepe didn't kick-up a stink, when he was eventually captured.
"It took nearly an hour to 'grasp' him," she said.
"He ...