Moses the massive hound rescued from cat flap!

This is the enormous 13 and a half stone dog who was stuck for two hours after getting his head wedged in a cat flap.

Huge hound Moses Chan had to be rescued by firefighters after squeezing his big head into the tiny hole.

The 14-month-old Dogue de Bordeaux, who measures more than 5ft tall on his hind legs, had been trying to copy his owner's four cats, but didn't realise how big he was.

'I can't believe I have a blonde dog who thought he could fit in such a tiny gap,' said owner Lisa Saberi, who has only had Moses a week.

'He seems to think he's a cat. He is always trying to play with them and he tries to eat their food if I'm not watching.'

Lisa, 29, had left Moses to run around in the garden while she went to the shops with her 13-year-old daughter, Natasha and son Hayden, 10.

But Moses got fed up with being outside and when he saw cats Hunni, Clover, Paddy and Marley going through the cat flap he decided to do the same.

Luckily next-door neighbour Reece Young, 12, heard Moses whimpering for help and quickly realised what was wrong when he peered over the fence and could only see the back end of the big dog sticking out the door.

He quickly tried to free the huge dog but had no luck so called his mum, Jackie, who came home and phoned the fire brigade.

Lisa, from Welwyn Garden City, Bucks, a mature student at Ruskin Anglia University, Cambridge said: 'I wondered what was going on when I got back. I couldn't believe Moses had been so silly.

'He looked so sad and sorry for himself I was really concerned, but it was a very funny sight. You could just see this huge head.'

It took 45 minutes for the firemen to rescue Moses by drilling holes around the plastic cat flap.

The poor pooch was then taken to the vet with a grazed neck but is now on the mend.

Lisa added: 'He was very worn out and distressed, but he's much better now. I've taken the cat flap out and will board up the hole so it won't happen again.'

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Pictured: The moment a wildlife officer risks his life to save drowning bear

The commonsense approach in the company of a bear with a sore head, you might think, is extreme caution.

Adam Warwick appears to have been a little short on the faculty when he dived into the sea to save one from drowning.

The 26-stone black bear had bolted into the water in fright after being shot with a tranquilliser dart when it was found roaming a Florida beachfront neighbourhood.

However, as the paralysing drug took effect, the panicked creature thrashed and flailed in the waves, struggling for survival.

Wildlife officer Mr Warwick, 29, who works for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, wasted no time in stripping off to help.

'I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I jumped in,' he said.

'It was a spur of the moment decision, I had a lot of adrenaline pumping.

'I was swimming towards the bear, trying to prevent him from swimming into deeper water.

'He was losing function in his arms and legs, and was obviously in distress. I knew I had to keep him from drowning.

'The clearly confused bear looked at me as if he was either going to go by, through or over me . . . and at times he even looked as if he was just going to climb on top of me to keep from drowning,' he said.

As the animal struggled to keep its head above water, Mr Warwick slipped one arm under the bear to cradle its body and clamped the other on to the scruff of its neck, dragging it ashore.

Incredibly all that the wildlife hero suffered was a few scratches from the bewildered bear.

The animal later recovered and was released into a state national forest.

Back on dry land, local resident Thad Brett had watched the drama unfold and manoeuvred his mechanical digger onto the beach ready to meet the pair.

'I knew how hard it would be to get that bear out,' said Mr Brett. 'I could see he was about waist-deep in the water.'

The bear recovered and has been relocated to Florida’s Osceola National Forest.'

'We’re all pulling for the bear to get adjusted in his new home,' said Mr Warwick.

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Video: Kitten Stuck In Pipe For Days Is Sucked Free!

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A kitten was rescued from a drainage pipe at an auto shop -- but the rescue was no easy task.

The kitten somehow fell down an open drainage pipe at a Zeibart location over the weekend, NBC 4's Lauren Diedrich reported.

The kitten meowed for days as workers tried to free it from the pipe.

Workers began digging a hole around the pipe on Tuesday and eventually called the fire department for help.

The Capital Area Humane Society responded to the scene, but no one could rescue the kitten.

Agents flagged down a nearby Roto Rooter worker who ended up suctioning the cat out with a large vacuum.

The cat was taken to an area veterinarian hospital and is expected to be fine.

Employees at the auto shop said they plan to adopt the kitten and keep it at the shop.

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Britain's most unwanted dog finally finds new owners after 11 years in a rescue centre.

Proving that every dog has its day, Britain's most unwanted pet has finally been found new owners - after spending the last 11 years in a rescue centre.

Jenny struck lucky after spending 77 dog years in kennels - thought to be a British record.

She was abandoned when she was just one in 1997 when rescuers from Gables Farm Dogs' and Cats' Home found her tied to a lamppost.

And each day afterwards only brought fresh disappointment for collie Jenny as her canine friends were always chosen ahead of her.

New owners were put off because she was very fearful and a little aggressive when she first arrived, according to staff.

And by the time she had fully settled in, she was older than ideal because most people want puppies.

Now, after becoming the longest-staying resident in the Plymouth centre's 101 year history, Jenny has finally found a family to love her.

New owners Pat and Mary Caffrey, from Paignton, Devon, were moved by Jenny's story when they looked at the Gables website and decided to go and meet her face to face.

Mr Caffrey, 59, a retired engineer, said: "We read her story and we thought 'ah look at that' about her being tied to the lamppost and being there so long."

And recalling the moment he and his wife fell in love with hitherto unwanted dog, he added: "When I looked at her and she barked at me.

"We walked around and saw the others and we walked back to her, looked at her, looked at each other and said: 'Yeah, we'll take her on.'

"We've always had dogs and we lost our previous dog, Gemma, in August last year and it was the first time in 20 years that we had been without a dog.

"We'd had a good few months without a dog and it just wasn't the same.

"We always get rescue dogs and the puppies are great - they will always find a home, but the older dogs are not always as fortunate as that."

The previous record for life in a dog home was held by 12-year-old border collie Errol, which spent 10 years in kennels in Wickford, Essex, before finally being rehomed in January this year.

Katie Barkell, from the home said: "She was here for such a long time, she was part of the family.

"We were established in 1907, we are 101 years old, and she is the resident that has been with us the longest in our history. The previous record was six years.

"When she came in, she was very nervous.

"I think that she acted a big aggressively.

"It took a while to get her trust and by the time she had settled in, people were put off by her age.

"She has a few old age problems but the new owner were not put off by that.

"They picked her straight away.

"They were looking for an old dog that was in need of a new home."

Tony Harris, General Manager said: "We are all overjoyed that Jenny has found a new home to call her own after living with us for such a long time.

"It was fantastic to see her jump into the car without as much as a backward glance."

Since living with her new owners Jenny has been on lots of adventures, and enjoys running on the local beach, chasing her ball and splashing in the water.

Gables Farm Dogs' and Cats' Home is Plymouth's oldest animal welfare charity and has a strict non-euthanasia policy.

Staff said that Jenny's story proves that they never give up hope of finding a loving new home for an animal.

The Caffreys have had Jenny for three months and love her.

"She has been brilliant," Mr Caffrey said. "We have had her three months and she had settled in nicely.

"She was quiet and the vet did say that she is an old girl and she will probably just like to be quiet.

"She loves the beach and she goes walking twice a day in the woods. She loves her walks and she loves being quiet."

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