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neesee Apprentice
neesee
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This morning when I took the dogs out for their early AM potty, dd and I found a skunk running around the back yard with a yoplait yoghurt container stuck on it's face and head. The poor little thing was frantic. It was pounding it's head against the fence and the garage.

We weren't sure what to do. Dd tried to pull the container off, but it was stuck tight. I woke up dh for some help. We covered it with a blanket and dh had to hold it's head firm so he could twist and pull the container at the same time. That poor skunk was in the process of suffocating. He had almost no fight left in him. When the container came off , dh said he could feel him take a good deep breath. We all ran like mad to get away from it. :lol: It ran the opposite direction.

Yoplait needs to change the shape of their containers! They are a hazzard to all the critters we have around here. He must have gotton it out of one of the neighbor's trash.

I did send yoplait an email complaining about their containers. Hopefully they'll listen.

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Jestgar Rising Star
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aaww, poor baby! So good of you to risk your own personal uh, happiness, to save the little guy.

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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That really stinks!! Glad you dont. :D

Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
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I did send yoplait an email complaining about their containers. Hopefully they'll listen.

Hopefully they'll listen and make some changes. They are definately aware of the problem. On the side of the container it says "protect willdlife" "crush this container".

They just really need to design a safer container. Its not difficult to crush the container but how many people really read the side of the container....and how many people would take it seriously?

They have changed the design once already....but it still kills animals. They added a lip which is suppossed to allow the animals to get a "grip" on the container and to pull it off....but not all of them can acheive this. The container is also more "tapered"....but obviously (as you witnessed) the animals can still get their heads stuck in it. :(

Its been several years since they changed the design and its known that the change did not eliminate the problem.

Until they actually do something to make the container safer for wildlife....if you see an empty yoplait container the best thing to do to protect the animals is to crush it.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Hopefully they'll listen and make some changes. They are definately aware of the problem. On the side of the container it says "protect willdlife" "crush this container".

They just really need to design a safer container. Its not difficult to crush the container but how many people really read the side of the container....and how many people would take it seriously?

They have changed the design once already....but it still kills animals. They added a lip which is suppossed to allow the animals to get a "grip" on the container and to pull it off....but not all of them can acheive this. The container is also more "tapered"....but obviously (as you witnessed) the animals can still get their heads stuck in it. :(

Its been several years since they changed the design and its known that the change did not eliminate the problem.

Until they actually do something to make the container safer for wildlife....if you see an empty yoplait container the best thing to do to protect the animals is to crush it.

In addition make sure in your own home that you rinse glass jars and tin cans before disposing of or setting by the sink. We had a cat once get her head stuck in a glass jar trying to lick the last bit of tomato sauce out of it. We had a very hard time freeing her and an animal in the wild would likely break the jar and decapitate itself. If companies went to useing waxed cardboard, like milk cartons, for more stuff that would help a deal.

OP- That skunk was very lucky you were around and helped him. Even more glad you didn't get sprayed. :)

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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That really stinks!! Glad you dont. :D

HAHAHAHAH!!!!

Poor little guys, skunks get the short end of the stick a lot. I think maybe it's cosmis karma.

blueeyedmanda Community Regular
blueeyedmanda
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That poor thing! So glad you helped the skunk. I really do think they are lovely creatures :)

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