It was one of a series of incidents highlighted by the RSPCA as they rounded up their top animal rescues of 2018, including a venomous scorpion, a cat impaled on railings, and a hamster rescued by a hand-crafted ladder after being stuck in a pipe for almost a week.
A fox was found wedged in a front car grille more than 12 hours after being hit in an accident
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A cat who got wedged inside a tumble dryer air vent at her home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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RSPCA animal collection officer Glenn Baird had to use butter to free her. He said: I put butter inside the pipe using a lolly stick, removed the vent cover with my hammer and pushed her. Luckily, she slid right out.
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A fox cub who got his head stuck in the hole of an abandoned car wheel in Leyton, London
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