Indiana: Four skunks rescued from tire rim

INDIANA -- Wayne County, Ind. animal control responded to Applebee’s on National Road East in Richmond just after 11 p.m. Thursday, June 23 on a report of four skunks stuck in a tire.

An off-duty Wayne County sheriff’s officer was leaving Richmond’s Applebee’s when he noticed four skunks with their heads stuck in the rim of his tire, according to Chief Deputy Mike Frame.

Frame said four young skunks were hiding between the brake drum and wheel.

County animal control officer Doug Bullock was called to the scene. Frame said he was sprayed by the skunks.

The skunks were freed and were removed safely from the area, Frame said.

(WHIO - June 24, 2016)