A sheep who got her head stuck in a traffic cone was among the most unusual animal rescues of 2016, according to the RSPCA.
The ewe was spotted in a Hertfordshire field in early December and was unharmed when the cone was removed by RSPCA inspectors.
Other strange animal rescues include a seagull which turned orange after falling into a vat of cold tandoori curry in Newport.
The bird needed a good clean afterwards but was otherwise unharmed.
Another rescue involved a two-year-old corn snake named Vecky, which was discovered trapped in its owner`s vacuum cleaner in York three months after going missing.
According to the RSPCA other unusual rescues of 2016 have included:
- A cat who was accidentally `posted` from Cornwall to West Sussex after she climbed into a box of second-hand CDs and DVDs. Cupcake survived her 260-mile journey and was later reunited with her owners.
- A horse that got stuck `straddling` a footbridge, with three legs hanging from one side and one leg hanging off the other. Vets managed to pull the spreadeagled horse to safety. She was not seriously hurt.
- A five-month-old schnauzer called Juno was rescued by fire services when she wedged her head between two bars of a fence in Manchester in March.
- In October a tabby called Maggie May had to be freed by an engineer using a car jack when she got wedged under a stairlift at her home in Kendal.
- Rescuers had to saw through garden decking to free a podgy toad who got stuck between the gaps in the plants with his legs and bum sticking in the air. He was returned to a nearby garden pond.
- A cow that got its head stuck in a metal feeder in Wythenshawe Park in Manchester in July had to be freed by a fire and rescue team using cutting equipment.
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A sheep stuck in a traffic cone is among 2016`s strangest animal rescues
30 December 2016
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The RSPCA also rescued a seagull from a vat of curry, a snake from a vacuum cleaner and a horse that was spreadeagle on a bridge.
