There's no place at Telluride for this friendly porcupine

Stickers, the friendly porcupine that regularly fraternizes with skiers at Telluride Ski Resort, has been sent packing for needling the locals for food.

Apparently the little guy was so used to humans, he has been begging for scraps and, with poor eyesight, occasionally mistaking fingers for handouts. The ski area even put up a sign warning people about the “leaping attack porcupine.” Stickers was captured and released into the wild Wednesday.

“We hate to see Stickers go,” said CEO Dave Riley, in a report by Denver’s 7News. “But this was the responsible thing to do for the porcupine. We want to ensure a happy life for Stickers in the wild.”

Check out this jerky, sometimes nausea-inducing video of Stickers: