Firefighters in Staffordshire have rescued animals from perilous situations nearly 600 times since 2010 – including a dog from Burton becoming trapped in a bench.
Other incident include a squirrel trapped in bird feeder and a puppy with its head stuck in a baked bean tin.
Hundreds of animals have also been rescued by the fire service in Derbyshire. A Freedom of Information request shows there have been 414 rescues in Derbyshire since 2013, with trapped domestic animals being the most-frequently rescues.
In South Derbyshire, there were 37 animals rescued by the service, and across the county the service was required to use heavy lifting equipment 37 times. There were 26 animals rescued from below ground in the period, and 75 rescued from a height.
A total of 109 were rescued from water or mud, and 141 were freed after getting trapped.
The Burton Mail reported in February that a fire crew from Burton fire station were called by a West Highland Terrier's worried owners after their pet became trapped in a metal garden bench in James Street, Burton. They managed to free the female dog and it did not suffer any injuries.
More recent figures show crews from Herts have responded to 563 incidents involving animals between 2010 and the first quarter of 2017, including 98 in 2016.
Horses were the most likely to need rescuing, involved in 23 incidents in 2016, followed by dogs with 21 and birds with 13.
Among the more unusual incidents recorded was a dog released from a reclining chair in Baswich in October 2010, a puppy with its head stuck in a baked bean can in Little Chell and Stanfield in June 2011, and a squirrel trapped in a metal bird feeder in Madeley in September 2013.
Firefighters filled up a koi carp pool in July 2011, rescued seven dogs from the boot of a car in Tamworth in November 2016, and helped a sheep which had crossed a river in Tamworth and couldn’t get back in December 2016.
Across the UK as a whole, cats were the most likely to need rescuing, involved in 894 incidents in 2016, where fire services have given details, followed by dogs with 604 and birds with 492.
Since 2010, firefighters have been called upon to rescue cats from trees on at least 1,181 occasions.
Andrew Bourne, watch manager at Burton Fire Station, has dealt with many animal rescues during his time in service, and says it take a "patient" type of person to carry out these difficult missions.
He previously said: "Animals are quite resilient, we have to make sure the scene is safe, they're unpredictable so we've got to make everyone's safe or they'll kick or butt you, that's why we have specialist teams.
"We've had everything from birds trapped in trees, to a horse stuck in a ditch. Older horses become fatigued and can't help themselves and are usually up to their neck in mud, sometimes it's a danger to both us and the animal. We can sometimes use equipment from farmers such as the mechanical aids on the farm."
