Kicker: Porcupines on the run

MARY REICHARD, HOST: You know the feeling when you check on your pet, and the pen is empty?

BROWN: Yeah, a gut punch of panic.

Well, that’s how Ben Best in Scotland felt after discovering that a pair of porcupines was missing from his farm. Sound from a Facebook live.

BEN BEST: They snapped the steel off the side of their door and pulled their door off, and then took off.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Wow, strong little animals!

REICHARD: Resourceful, too! The prickly rodents waddled two miles away where someone spotted the critters and rang up Farmer Ben.

BEST: Do you know I've got two porcupines in my garden. Are they yours? We’re like, yes, they are, actually.

Hard to deny it in this case, but all’s well that ends well! They all made it home into a more secure pen.

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