The most unusual and surprising animal rescues in 2018 - in pictures

More than 1m calls are made to the RSPCA each year to report animals in need of help - here the charity reflects on some of the most surprising and unusual.
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Purr-fect Rescue

RSPCA officers never know what they might face when they are called out to help animals in need - whether it’s a cat in a sofa, a snake in a dishwasher or a squirrel in the loo.

Here, we look back on some of the animal charity’s most surprising rescues of 2018…