6abc Digital Staff ImageSkunk rescued after getting stuck in bowl at skatepark in Reading, Pennsylvania

READING, Pa. — This is what you call a precarious animal rescue.

Danielle Galvin says she was out walking her dog in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the weekend when she stumbled across this: A man who was trying to rescue a skunk.

The animal was stuck at the bottom of a skating bowl.

So, the man lowered a leash attached to a skateboard for the skunk to grab.

Once he pulled it to safety, the skunk simply trotted away with the leash and the skateboard.

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