This is the moment Italian firefighters rescue a little fox that was trapped in a wired fence.

The images were obtained by Newsflash from the Vigili del Fuoco, along with a statement according to which the rescue mission took place in the village of Taniga – Malafede, in the Italian municipality of Sorso.

Rescuers from the Sassari fire department responded to a call about a fox that accidentally got itself stuck inside a wired fence after it apparently tried to squeeze under it.

The footage shows firefighters working patiently to carefully remove the poor animal from inside the metal net.

After cutting through the wire with metal pliers and gently pushing the fox out of the net, they were able to release the seemingly unharmed animal and it immediately took off running.