Pet skunk on Animal Planet

[William Earl Haskell]

Next Saturday, Dec. 11, at 8 PM and 11 PM

Local Pet Skunk to be featured on Animal Planet

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - A Schuylkill Haven skunk is making her national
television debut Dec. 11.

Penelope "Penny," a 3 1/2-year-old North American hooded skunk, will
appear on Animal Planet's "Peculiar Pets" at 8 p.m. and again at 11 p.m.

In the spring, Penny's "parents," Gaylene Ebling and David Evely, heard
about a casting call for the show from photographer Mike Bailey, Pottsville.

"We take Penny to Mike for her photos. His sister, Amy Eckert, told him
about the casting call for the show and said they were looking for a
skunk," Ebling said.

Ebling said the couple e-mailed the information about Penny to the
Animal Planet website and were contacted by Dawn Wolfe, studio animal
trainer and talent coordinator for Pawsitively Famous Animal Actors.

"She asked us to come to Philadelphia for a photo shoot," Ebling said.
"They couldn't believe we had a skunk in a stroller, so that is one of
the things they filmed."

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