A HEDGEHOG has been rescued by the fire service after it fell into a hole.
Cinders was stuck upside down under a stop tap and could not get out.
Viv Smith, who runs Malvern Hedgehog Rescue, said: "A member of the public called me around 8pm on Sunday to say he'd found her at the bottom stuck under a stop tap.
"I tried getting her out but she was stuck.
"I called the fire service and a crew was sent out to help from Upton-upon-Severn.
"They removed the pipe surrounding the stop tap as it was found to not be fixed and got Cinders out.
"She was in a bad way when I took her home - hyperthermic and she was underweight.
"I named her Cinders as the fire service rescued her and I got her home at midnight."
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Cinders is doing well and she has warmed up and has been given a dose of antibiotics as well as fluid and food and once recovered, will be returned to the wild.
Anyone who finds a hedgehog that seems in distress should keep it warm in a high-sided, ventilated box and call Mrs Smith on 07780 834411.
Malvern Hedgehog Rescue can be contacted at: malvernhedgehogrescue.co.uk of visit the Facebook page Facebook page Malvernhedgehogrescue
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