The University of Minnesota is going to spray between 400-500 pine trees Within hours of spraying, the cold weather masks the skunk odor, but if "We’ll probably still lose some trees, but I have some satisfaction in knowing fromthe Minnesota Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A US university is covering its Christmas trees with the pungent scent that skunks spray – to discourage thieves. The University of Minnesota is going to spray between 400-500 pine trees with two gallons of the natural ingredient. Within hours … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/sskunk.jpg\")
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\n US university is covering its Christmas trees with the pungent scent
\n that skunks spray – to discourage thieves.<\/p>\n
\n with two gallons of the natural ingredient.<\/p>\n
\n thieves took a tree inside, it would warm up and begin to stink, reports
\n the Minnesota Daily.
\n Grounds superintendent Les Potts said: "We are doing this to avoid
\n a repeat of last year when thieves took seven small trees and hacked the
\n tops off larger trees, leaving them deformed and awkward-looking.<\/p>\n
\n that it’s not going to work out the way the thief
\n thinks it will," Mr
\n Potts said.<\/p>\n