A man has allegedly trained up his very own ‘attack squirrel’ by giving it meth to make it aggressive.
Police from Limestone County, Alabama, say that Mickey Paulk kept the rodent in a cage in his home and fed it drugs, such as methamphetamine, to make it more jumpy and aggressive.
Police arrived at the property on Monday to execute a search warrant after receiving reports that Paulk was keeping a squirrel there and giving it drugs. Sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Young told AL.com via a news release: “Prior to the search warrant, investigators were informed that Mickey Paulk kept an ‘attack squirrel’ inside his apartment, and that Paulk fed the squirrel meth to keep it aggressive.”
The search turned up meth, drug paraphernalia, body armour and the squirrel in question. Paulk wasn’t present at the time police came calling, but instead they found another man, 37 year old Ronnie Reynolds. He was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and loitering at a known drug house.
He was taken to Limestone County jail and was later released on $4,000 bail. A warrant has been issued for Paulk, on charges of possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of drugs.
The department told officers it was illegal to keep a squirrel as a pet and recommended that they release it back into the wild as soon as possible. The animal wasn’t tested for drug consumption, with Sheriff Mike Blakey’s office, quite rightly, explaining that there is ‘no safe way to test the squirrel for meth’.
