Germany: ‘Uncooperative’ squirrel freed from manhole cover

BERLIN — (AP) — Firefighters say they’ve freed an “uncooperative” squirrel that was caught in a manhole cowl in western Germany — echoing an identical incident that occurred in the identical metropolis 4 years in the past.

The Dortmund fireplace division mentioned it was alerted to a distressed purple squirrel by a pedestrian Monday afternoon, after she noticed its head peering out of a gap within the street. The girl coated it with a shawl to calm it down earlier than calling for assist.

A crew of firefighters who arrived on the scene rigorously eliminated the manhole cowl and tried to free the rodent.

“This turned out to be fairly difficult because the squirrel was uncooperative,” the fireplace division mentioned.

After additional makes an attempt the crew was in a position to extract the animal unhurt and it vanished up a close-by tree.

Dortmund firefighters have some expertise of saving caught squirrels. In 2019, an identical squirrel rescue drew worldwide consideration.

“It couldn’t be decided if it was the identical squirrel that needed to be rescued from the identical state of affairs 4 years in the past,” the fireplace division mentioned in a press release.

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