The St. Louis Cardinals are no strangers to animals at the ballpark.

There was the Rally Squirrel, Matt Holliday’s infamous battle with a moth, dogs and, of course, the always popular Clydesdales.

But skunks? Nope, that would be a first.

The stinky creatures were spotted in the visitors’ dugout before Friday night’s game at Dodger Stadium. And is it a little ironic that this happened just a week after the Dodgers griped about the Cardinals getting favorable calls from umpires at Busch Stadium? Probably, but not nearly as fun as thinking about Don Mattingly plotting this sort of thing deep in the bowels of Chavez Ravine.

FOX Sports Midwest reporter Jim Hayes was live on the scene and Tweeted the play-by-play of the SoCal skunks’ dugout adventure and provided the video update on the Toyota Cardinals Live pregame show.

Breaking: There is skunk stuck under the photog stand in the visitors dugout. Authorities have been notified. #STLCards — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 5, 2015





















1 adult perp 2 pups. #SkunkWatch — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 5, 2015













Update: Skunk whisperer gave up on pursuit. Trap and bait left inside photog stand. #SkunkWatch — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 5, 2015



<

They have actually assigned security to keep people away until animal control arrives. #SkunkWatch pic.twitter.com/knM3d6NudK — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 5, 2015





Animal control guy says the bait was wrong. They need FRESH salmon. #SkunkWatch pic.twitter.com/XdWvczZGaL — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 6, 2015





Not sure they got the right guy for the job. #SkunkWatch pic.twitter.com/hFx3PL2f5A — Jim Hayes (@TheCatOnFox) June 6, 2015





You can follow Jase Bandelow on Twitter at @JASEBANDELOW or email him at jase.bandelow@foxsports.net.