Photo: Skunked on Vendome Street in Silver Lake

The skunks are out, hitting our urban valleys with a vengeance.

We recently sent our own White Dog over to the K-9 Loft after an encounter in our backyard in the Maltman Hills.

We were one of three deskunkings that day.

Silver Lake resident Frank Stoltze snapped the above photo with Instagram.

It shows again these critters can co-exist with the concrete.

Frank encountered the skunk Thursday on Vendome Street in the Laurel and Hardy Park just below the Music Box Steps.

Check out that tail.