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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 5:23PM

Skunk rescued after getting stuck in bowl at skatepark in Reading, Pennsylvania

A man used a skateboard attached to a dog leash to lift a skunk to safety after the critter got stuck inside a bowl at a Reading skatepark.

READING, Pa. (WPVI) — 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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