As a lad, I was taught to terminate them with extreme predjudice on sight. Well, those are not the exact words my father used but that was the gist of it. His version included "fuckin rats with masks".

I have, at best guesses, a skunk, coon or fox ripping up my small plot of carrots in search of, at best guess, grubs. Of course, in the city I have to use a live trap... but what if it's a skunk. What do I do if I get a skunk in the trap?

I am reminded of an episode of the TV show Wingfield in which he uses a syringe to inject eggs with a tranquilizer he gets from the vet to catch a skunk... hilarious.