I so wish the local animal control, or fish and game would come take care of the skunk I accidentally caught in my life trap (intended for cats that kill the yard birds). Anyway, I called local, state, fed. and they all said the same, "good luck." So this poor skunk is slowly starving/choking to death, because I'm cowardly and don't want to get sprayed or have the front yard stink for a month...so I have to find a way to deal with this! If the law, which I doubt, says I can't "relocate", then I'm left with killing the poor thing! This is going to haunt me in my nightmares! As for Kimmsr and her "well written" and well-researched input: state laws vary widely, it's best to call and find out if they'll help you before doing anything! If your state, like mine, won't help, here is a Youtube video that I think is the most humane I've seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9F16vTJXbk  

We had a family of foxes, mom and 3 kits, living in the rock hill by our driveway. They entertained us all around the property. No smell at all. I did have to remove dead fish parts, a deer leg, and various chicken and other fowl carcasses from the yard daily. I had no rodents in the garden that year. They left at summer''s end when we had the driveway regravelled. I found one dead on the road (I crried) and my neighbor shot one because it was eating her chickens. Sad. I made a wall quilt with some fabric I found, of the 3 kits by the edge of the woods, just like our little guys.

I was trimming my large shrubs but was quickly roused out when attacked by angry wasps. Next few days, walking my Yorkie at 5 am, there was a rustling in the beehive, just one foot or so from the ground and a white tail visible. Checking later in the day, I noticed that half the hive was gone. And two days later, nothing remained. Well, I guess the skunk likes to eat the wasps when they're asleep. I do know they eat grubs in the lawn at night. Quite convenient for me as now I was able to finish my trimming without threat.

The moose is long gone Tami. Long, long gone. I hope he got across the highway okay. I'm sure we'll have something suitable for you to see on your trip out here! Poor Gabby. She just doesn't understand. I'd hope the weather was going to stay nice so's I could properly bathe her, again, but it didn't. Stay nice. She's pretty happy in the barn, actually. I tie her up at night so she can't roam. She goes to her chain and waits patiently for me to latch it up. Tuffy has been banned from the house. She stinks like the corral and unlike Gabby, thinks she owns the couch and my bed. There's not enough febreeze in the world to take that much stink out of fabric that many times a day. Her feelings aren't hurt. Rather, she is mildly outraged, her being the queen and all. She got on my bed this morning and got the bedspread dirty. I washed it TWICE to get the mud out! Then it took all afternoon for it to dry. Holly we can dunk in the tub when it suits us when she gets that 'stink' about her. We can also mop her underside and paws off with wet rags. Tuffy is not that fortunate. Lori