Time's up for Pepe the skunk, who's had the freedom of Todmorden for most of this year. The stripey fellow had been spotted by lots of folk in the West Yorkshire town, but he'd been too crafty to be caught. As it was, it took an hour and a lot of spitting and hissing (from Pepe of course!) before he was in safe hands. "He's either escaped or been abandoned," said the RSPCA's Alison Wilkinson. "We haven't had any reports of anyone missing one in the area, which does tend to point to the latter, but we are obviously keen to hear from anyone who thinks he might belong to them." A "skunk specialist" in Hertforshire will be looking after Pepe while the RSPCA investigate.



Luckily Pepe had had his stinky scent glands removed - or he might have been too smelly to save!