'Ringo' the pine marten with his rings(Image: New Arc)
An Aberdeenshire wildlife centre has rescued a pine marten after it got caught in plastic from breaking into bird feeders.
The pine marten, adorably named 'Ringo' was rescued by the New Arc wildlife centre, after being spotted wearing distinctive plastic ring 'necklaces'.
According to the New Arc team, the cheeky mustelid had recently taken to raiding local bird feeders and the neck rings were a result of his activities, reports the Daily Record.
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Posting on their official page, they wrote: "Earlier this week, the New Arc received some disturbing pictures of a young pine marten bearing a collection of plastic rings round its neck.
"It was obvious that the youngster had been raiding the local bird feeders and had managed to dislodge the heavy plastic ring that secured the top part of each of the food dispensers."
According to them, after finding this an easy meal, Ringo had repeated his ‘break-ins’ on several of the other feeders scattered around the Troup House School grounds in Gamrie, gathering more rings as he went.
Ringo had picked the rings up while breaking into bird feeders in the area(Image: New Arc)
To prevent them from threatening his life or causing him future problems, they arranged a trap to be deployed at one of the feeding stations and managed to capture him.
Taking him to Glenythan Vets at Methlick, he was eventually sedated and the rings removed. During the inspection, they also found a small wound to his mouth which they also treated.
They added: "Once he had fully recovered from his sedation he was driven back to his home turf where all the offending feeders had been removed and we had the pleasure of seeing him scamper back into his local woodland."
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