In a photo taken by homeowner Kim Michaud, a skunk swims in Kim and Paul Michaud’s pool Saturday morning on Abbott Road in Albion after getting trapped in it earlier that day.

A skunk stuck in an Abbott Road residence pool in Albion gets closer to freedom after homeowners Paul and Kim Michaud put down a piece of landscaping fabric to help the animal gain traction. Paul Michaud eventually removed the skunk from the pool.

Paul Michaud, of Abbott Road in Albion, attempts to help free a skunk trapped in his pool Saturday morning. His wife, Kim, captured most of the rescue on her cellphone.

A skunk stuck in an Albion Road residence pool attempts to escape by climbing the ladder. The homeowners, Kim and Paul Michaud, eventually helped the skunk get out of the pool.

A skunk, recently freed from Kim and Paul Michaud’s pool on Abbott Road in Albion, seeks shelter beneath a railing on their porch Saturday in a photo taken by Kim Michaud. The couple rescued the skunk from their pool earlier that morning.