Another live skunk was captured Thursday, this time at Honolulu Harbor. The previous skunk was captured at Hilo Harbor on Nov. 7.
On the morning of Nov. 11, US Customs and Border Protection staff at Honolulu Harbor contacted agriculture inspectors at the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity’s Plant Quarantine Branch and reported a sighting of a skunk at Pier 1.
PQB inspectors were dispatched to the pier and conducted a search of the area but did not locate the skunk. Inspectors set four traps using cat food around the area. Yesterday, dockworkers notified PQB that the skunk was caught in one of the traps. It was humanely euthanized and a test for rabies is being conducted…