I followed a link in another post and ended up at Yahoo and saw this article
http://uk.news.yahoo....ll-outs-revealed.html
This is part of the article
Over the last five years animal rescue incidents have increased from 389 to 620 per year, with each rescue costing the taxpayer around £250.
10 of the strangest London Fire Brigade animal rescue callouts:
1. An iguana rescued from a roof in Tower Hamlets [May 2007]
2. A parrot trapped in its cage in Waltham Forest [January 2008]
3. A dog stuck in a wheelchair in a flat in Richmond [May 2008]
4. A puppy with its head stuck in an exercise machine in a house in Hillingdon [April 2008]
5. A kitten with its head stuck in a bongo drum in Newham [October 2009]
6. A snake on the loose at a retirement home in Hounslow [July 2009]
7. Kitten with its head stuck in a jam jar in Lewisham [June 2009]
8. A chimp in a chimney in Tower Hamlets [January 2010]
9. An adult hamster trapped in a disabled lift in Greenwich [April 2010]
10. A kitten trapped in a reclining chair in Croydon [May 2012]