direct to your inbox A stricken fox had to be rescued by the RSPCA after getting trapped in an old football net in the back garden of a house in Sale.
The terrified animal had got three legs stuck in the netting - and was becoming more entangled as it struggled to get free.It meant the fox was in danger of losing a limb.Animal rescuer Inspector Deborah Beats, who was called to the scene in Clarendon Road on Wednesday morning, used a specialist grasping tool to hold the fox still while she cut it free.Thankfully, the animal appeared to be unharmed.Deborah said: "The netting was tight around three of the fox’s legs and as he was struggling it was getting tighter around them."When this happens there is obviously a danger that the netting will.
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