Hapless hedgehog needs a little help from rescuers after getting wedged in garden gate

A HAPLESS hedgehog needed a little help from rescuers when it became wedged in a garden gate.

The prickly porker got stuck trying to squeeze through the metal bars into a back yard.

Villagers in Bramley, South Yorks, tried to free him before calling the RSPCA for help.

The charity’s Inspector Jack Taylor said: “The podgy little fella tried to push through the metal bars of a garden gate and got himself well and truly stuck.

“Thankfully, I was able to arrive quickly and carefully squeeze him backwards out of the railings.

"I checked him over and he’d not suffered any injuries.

“So I popped him in some bushes at the bottom of the garden so that he could toddle back to his hoggy home.”