BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – An Indiana University student attempted to send a message to skunks that have plagued his fraternity house on campus last Friday, and he now faces a felony animal cruelty charge.

IU student Andrew Baldini, 18, was arrested by university police and booked into the Monroe County Jail on a felony charge of torture of vertebrate animals at around 8:34 p.m. Friday, the Herald Times reports.

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Police contend that a fraternity house on the Bloomington campus has faced problems with skunks, and one walked across a basketball court while members were playing a game last week.

“Police say … Baldini picked up a shovel and hit the skunk. The skunk was injured by the blow and limped away,” Fox 59 reports. “Baldini followed the skunk and hit it several more times with the shovel, killing it on a public sidewalk near the 1200 block of East 3rd Street.”

A passer-by witnessed the skunk killing, which took place near the IU bookstore, and reported the incident to university police, WTHR reports.

Baldini allegedly told police he was an associate member of the fraternity, which was not identified by the media.

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The vast majority of folks who commented about Baldini’s arrest on Fox 59’s Facebook page seem to think it’s completely ridiculous.

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“But you’re allowed to kill an unborn child!” Brian Weddle posted. “This world is totally nuts!”

“Ha, and we wonder why there’s a jail overcrowding issue,” Nikki Newland added. “This is stupid.”

“First time I have ever heard of killing a rodent that is a nuisance on your property is a felony,” Logan Harris wrote. “Poor guy. Hope he gets out of this ridiculous charge and the officers focus on real issues rather than a guy killing a skunk on his property with a shovel.”

“That’s Monroe County! It’s alright to kill a child in the 9th month and support Democratic criminals like the Clintons but don’t kill a skunk,” Dan Riffel wrote. “I have an idea … let’s have a skunk lives matter march.”

“Well, here is the stupid post of the day. Would everyone have felt better if he called an exterminator and paid hundreds of dollars to get rid of the skunk. This is stupid,” Lisa Poland posted. “He didn’t torture a pet, he killed a pest.”