🦊🪑 Nature has its quirks, and the RSPCA’s recent rescues have left us truly amazed! This past year, their team has tackled some astonishing cases: from a fox wedged in a garden chair to a puffin swept 110 miles inland by a strong wind. These stories highlight just how adventurous—and sometimes unlucky—our wildlife can be.
In Birmingham, a kitten’s echoing meows led workers to find her stuck in a sewage treatment plant for three days. But fear not, as “Olivia Twist”, was safely rescued and is now thriving in her new home. Meanwhile, in London, a cheeky fox cub took refuge in a delivery van engine, causing quite the surprise for the driver!
Cornwall had its own excitement with an overweight raccoon roaming a garden, while a business owner in Greenwich found an unexpected visitor – a slithering corn snake—luckily, not the python he feared! The team also saved another snake tangled in an illegal glue trap.
Birds weren’t left out of the action: in Birmingham, a peregrine falcon needed a hand when trapped in anti-bird netting, and in Ramsgate, a seagull was freed from a football net. Let’s not forget the badger caught in a goal net in Sheffield!
Incredible animal stories don’t stop there! A puffin, nicknamed Oona, found herself in Herefordshire, far from her Pembrokeshire home, after what must have been an exhausting journey. And in a frozen Lancashire canal, a swan was rescued from perilous ice.
The RSPCA’s efforts extend across the UK, from a hedgehog recovering after a strimmer accident in Somerset to a puppy named Daisy joyfully reunited with her owners in Norfolk eight years after her theft.
With over 634,000 reports handled last year, the dedication of the RSPCA is a true inspiration. Here’s to every animal saved and every heart warmed along the way! 🌍❤️