In the middle of the forest, a woman sees a glass container lying in a cave-like opening. Unfortunately, rubbish lying around is not an unusual find these days.
Nevertheless, the woman approaches because there is something strange about it.
A sweet temptation
When you get your head stuck in a peanut butter jar and can’t see where you’re stumbling to, it’s probably not your best day.
That’s what happened in the inscrutable thicket of the New England woods. A little fellow was wandering around here – without a plan as to where and how he should find his way.
This did not go unnoticed – and so a local resident saw the animal running aimlessly to and fro.
Snack bear in a jam
„I’m not sure the woman even knew what she was looking at,“
zak Mertz, the director of the New England Wildlife Centre, told The Dodo.
It was only at second glance that she realised it was a raccoon that had got its head stuck in a jar due to its sweet tooth.
Luckily for him, the New England Wildlife Centre rescuers were not unaware of the situation. They knew they had to act quickly.
„We knew we had to do something. But as it turned out, even with a dirty jar on its head, a raccoon is still very evasive.“
zak continued his tale to The Dodo.
It took several attempts and cat food to finally lure the raccoon out of its hiding place.
No sooner had it peeked its beastly head out of its hiding place than its rescuers grabbed it and managed to free the head from the glass using a special tool.
The world finally sees the cute face
A vet was able to confirm that the little rascal had suffered no injuries and was allowed back into the wild.
The rescuers weren’t the only ones who were happy – the raccoon was also happy to finally be rid of the glass.
Recycling can save lives
Zak advises all residents to close their jars tightly and dispose of them properly so that situations like this, which do not always have a happy ending, do not happen again.
Not only will the rescued raccoon thank them – but probably every wild animal that likes to snack in the woods of New England.
