Dog freed from plastic prison


Gently does it: A Wildlife Rescue Unit ranger removing the container after the dog was sedated in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: A dog with a plastic container stuck to its head for days at a suburban housing estate garbage dump in the city here was rescued by rangers from the Wildlife Rescue Unit.

The rescue came after a senior Sabah Wildlife Department officer received a call about the plight of the stray dog named Plasty that had its head trapped in a plastic container while foraging for food at the Taman Inanam Laut housing area here.

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