Rescuers in Chelyabinsk Region (Urals) had to use sunflower oil to free a cat whose head got stuck in a car wheel during a mouse hunt.

      The cat called Uzbek tried to crawl through the wheel when chasing a mouse in his owner’s garage, his head got stuck in the wheel. The cat's owner tried to rescue his pet, pushing and pulling it, but all the attempts only drove the poor animal into a frenzy.

      After that, the man had no choice but to take the wheel and its captive to the local rescue team, who, after considering the best way to end the cat’s ordeal, smeared its head with sunflower oil.

      "After that, the cat's head popped out of the hole like a cork out of a bottle,” the rescuers said. Uzbek the Cat is now in a good condition.