What animals do London firefighters rescue?

The London Fire Brigade gets called when an animal is trapped or in distress and specialist equipment or access is needed. Some calls were exactly what you would expect: kittens in trees, cats on roofs and birds caught in netting. Others were less predictable.

Firefighters rescued a parrot from behind an oven, a fox with its head stuck in a watering can, a squirrel trapped inside a chimney breast, a dog caught in a recliner mechanism and another dog trapped under a grave. They were also called to a tortoise wedged between a fence and hedge, a horse running loose down a main road and a rabbit stranded on a balcony.

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