Other strange call-outs this year included a seagull that fell into a vat of curry and turned orange, a dog with its head stuck in a fence and a cow firmly wedged in an animal feeder. Fortunately, all animals escaped relatively unscathed.
RSPCA release pictures of 2016's weirdest animal rescues
The RSPCA have released their top ten most bizarre animal rescues of 2016 - including a sheep with a traffic cone stuck on its head and a snake trapped in a vacuum cleaner.