A fox with its head stuck in an old tyre had to be saved by rescuers.

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Bizarre on Female First

The RSPCA confirmed inspector Alan Barnes had to save the poor animal which was found trapped in a storage facility, with veterinary manager Mandy Stone - from the association's Bristol Animal Rescue Centre - leading the effort.

Barnes said: ''The tyre had been discarded outside and the inquisitive fox had been exploring - probably searching for scraps to eat - when he pushed his head through the gap and got well and truly stuck.

''He was wedged and I didn't want to hurt him by trying to remove him there and then so we took the whole tire - fox still wedged - over to our Bristol centre.''