Squirrels stuck in bird feeders and a lizard that travelled thousands of miles in a bra are among the most bizarre rescue operations the RSPCA has tackled this year.
The UK animal charity said it responded to around 281,390 incidents in 2021 via its emergency rescue hotline, but revealed that some rescues were stranger than others.
In Ashford, Kent a well-fed squirrel was caught red-pawed in August after getting stuck inside a bird feeder.
The “cheeky” squirrel was not injured and even chomped on stray peanuts as rescuer Claire Thomas worked to free him.
Even celebrities had reason to call the hotline this year as Coronation Street star Harry Visinoni found out when he had an unwelcome visitor at his home in Hale, Greater Manchester.
The actor, who plays Seb Franklin in the soap, called the RSPCA in January after a snake slithered out of his toilet and spent the night hiding in his bathroom.
Two days later, an elderly woman had a lucky escape after a swan crash-landed through a double-glazed window of her bathroom in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire.
After finding the bloodied bird dazed and confused on her bathroom floor, the woman called the RSPCA, which got the swan into surgery before transferring it to Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre in Cheshire.
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