Skunk mating season leads to increased sightings

ENOUGH, GET REGISTERED AND GO OUT AND VOTE. WELL, IF YOU'RE OUT DRIVING AT NIGHT OR SITTING OUTSIDE, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A FAMILIAR STENCH LATELY. YOU MIGHT'VE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SKUNKS AND THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU'RE SMELLING AND SEEING THE CREATURES MORE OFTEN THIS MONTH. AND KATE NEWS FOUR'S KAYLA NOBLE TELLS US WHY. >> JUST LIKE IT'S THE SEASON OF LOVE FOR HUMANS. IT IS ALSO THEIR SEASON OF LOVE. THE SMELL OF SKUNKS WAFTING THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA AIR FEBRUARY AND MARCH. THESE BLACK AND WHITE MAMMALS ARE GOING FULL. PEPE LE PEW TRYING TO FIND A MATE, THE STATE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT BECOMES AROUND THE CLOCK DANCE.

>> SEE GUNK IN THE DAY. RIGHT NOW IS NOT AT WAR. SO YOU'RE NOT SEEN MORSE GOING JUST SEEN THE SKUNK SPEAKING WITH, NOT NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE TOO. >> HE ADDS OKLAHOMA HAS A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF SKUNKS THEY'VE ADAPTED TO URBAN AREAS THERE. STINKER IS THERE LIFE SAVER? >> SOME STILL HAVE A LOT OF NATURAL PREDATORS BECAUSE OF THEIR VERY ONEROUS SENT ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST PREDATORS, CARS. >> HAS THE AMOUNT OF LANES IN SPEEDS INCREASE. SO DOES THE AMOUNT OF DEAD SKUNKS ON THE ROAD. >> WE MIGHT JUST BE SO DESENSITIZED TO IT THAT IT JUST SEEMS ANOTHER ANIMAL WAS HIT AND NO ONE REALLY, YOU KNOW, CARES ABOUT >> IF THEY SURVIVE AND ARE LUCKY, THE INJURED ANIMALS WILL SHOW UP HERE AT WILD KARIN NOBLE RIGHT NOW.

WILD CARE ONLY HAS ONE SKUNK AT THEIR FACILITY. HE'S RIGHT THERE, BUT COME APRIL AND MAY. WHEN THE BABIES ARE BORN, THEY SAY THEY'LL HAVE HUNDREDS. SO I AM ALWAYS A LITTLE SIDE MAY GET PERFECTLY HEALTHY BABIES THAT HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED OR >> MOM WAS TRAPPED AND RELOCATED BECAUSE THEY DO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF BABIES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE THE SKUNKS WILL END UP. THIS ONE GOT STUCK IN A DUMPSTER. >> SO DURING MATING SEASON, KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR PETS. YOU DON'T WANT THEM GETTING SPRAYED. >> KEEP YOUR DOG ON A KEEP YOUR DOG OUT AT NIGHT.

WE DON'T KEEPER STORE PET FOOD OUTSIDE CERTAINLY DON'T IF THE KIDS DON'T FEED YOUR PETSOU TS.

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