{"id":13537,"date":"2019-06-21T10:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=13537"},"modified":"2019-06-21T11:03:46","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T10:03:46","slug":"man-trained-attack-squirrel-by-giving-it-meth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/man-trained-attack-squirrel-by-giving-it-meth\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Trained &#8216;Attack Squirrel&#8217; By Giving It Meth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A man has allegedly trained up his very own &#8216;attack squirrel&#8217; by giving it meth to make it aggressive.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s spokesman Stephen Young told AL.com via a news release: &#8220;Prior to the search warrant, investigators were informed that Mickey Paulk kept an &#8216;attack squirrel&#8217; inside his apartment, and that Paulk fed the squirrel meth to keep it aggressive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13538\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/942b31325d0a3ad09356c1a889d49616-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/942b31325d0a3ad09356c1a889d49616-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/942b31325d0a3ad09356c1a889d49616-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/942b31325d0a3ad09356c1a889d49616-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/942b31325d0a3ad09356c1a889d49616.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The search turned up meth, drug paraphernalia, body armour and the squirrel in question. Paulk wasn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;t tested for drug consumption, with Sheriff Mike Blakey&#8217;s office, quite rightly, explaining that there is &#8216;no safe way to test the squirrel for meth&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has allegedly trained up his very own &#8216;attack squirrel&#8217; by giving it meth to make it aggressive.\u00a0 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. 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