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| Skunk filmed visiting man's hedgehog home near Reading | |
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| A skunk - an animal not native to the UK - has been caught on camera visiting a hedgehog house in a Berkshire garden. | |
| Clive Wraight said he was amazed to see the creature running across his lawn in Earley, near Reading, on 6 March. | |
| Mr Wraight's motion-activated trail cameras showed the skunk spent more than six hours in one of his empty hedgehog houses during the morning. | |
| He said inquiries on social media suggested the animal had been spotted previously by local residents although the owner could not be traced. | |
| Marwell Zoo in Hampshire said the footage appeared to show a striped skunk, a species which is native to North America. | |
| A spokeswoman said: "There has been talk of skunks living in the wild in the UK and it is thought these individuals may originate from previous accidental escapes. | |
| "Most exotic pets won't survive being released into the wild but if they do, they can sometimes pose a risk to native animals and habitats." | |
| (Video copyright: Clive Wraight) | |
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