Skunks on the rise in Central Park

Skunks are multiplying in Central Park and spraying their stench at helpless Manhattan pooches.

Park officials are baffled by the outbreak of the stinkers, saying sightings have spiked in recent weeks.

"We are trying to figure out what's attracting them," said one worker who patrols the park daily. "So far, we can't seem to figure it out."

One of the crass critters attacked a poor pup in the park near West 67th Street and Central Park West on Thursday morning — a day after another dog was sprayed nearby.

Neighbors, who use the park for off-leash hours before 9 a.m, are irked by the invasion, saying the foul air disrupts their play time.

Gail Lustig and Pierre, who almost 1 year old.Photo: Warzer Jaff

Gail Lustig, 67, who was pup-sitting a pal's 1-year-old dog, Pierre, had to reroute her walk on Thursday.

"I'm very concerned. I think I'll walk him on the street," Lustig said.

"It's weird . . . It's the first time I've ever smelled one in the park," she added.

New Yorkers have reported skunks in The Bronx and in Riverside Park in past years, but the creatures have been rare in Central Park, parkgoers said.

"You see a raccoon in Central Park every now and then, but never skunks," said Alex Christian, 44, who was walking his 5-year-old Doberman pinscher, Joanie, Thursday night.

"I'll keep her on a leash now. That way she can't ‎chase [the skunks]," he said.

Another parkgoer said, "In the last four years of being in the park almost every day, I have never seen or smelled a skunk . . . We're going to have to be really careful."

The city Parks Department has no plans to boot the skunks.

"As a general policy, NYC Parks does not interfere with the natural habitat of skunks and will not relocate healthy skunks found in a park," it said in a statement.

"Skunks are part of the wildlife of New York City."

The stinkers have been spotted most often on a path across from Le Pain Quotidien eatery in the park, witnesses said.

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