Greedy squirrel caught red-pawed after getting trapped in bird feeder - The Redditch Standard

Greedy squirrel caught red-pawed after getting trapped in bird feeder

Redditch Editorial 4th Jul, 2019 Updated: 4th Jul, 2019   0

A GREEDY little squirrel was caught red-pawed with his hands inside the ‘cookie jar’ after getting trapped in a bird feeder in Redditch.

RSPCA inspector Suzi Smith was called to Banners Lane on Sunday, June 30 to help set the grey squirrel free.

She said: “We were called by a woman who was very concerned about the squirrel who was trapped in the metal guard around the feeder.

“It had managed to get its back legs wedged right in the metal bars and, thrashing around, knocked the bird feeder over the fence and onto the grass.




“Thankfully I was able to carefully free him by cutting a couple of the metal bars and squeezing him out.

“I gave him a quick check over there and then and released him back into the garden.”


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