This is the moment a stray dog was rescued after getting its head stuck inside a plastic container,<br /><br />Locals noticed the hapless pooch wandering around the streets of Samut Songkhram, central Thailand, on April 8.<br /><br />Nattapong Ngamsanga and a team of volunteers from the Animal Lovers Association rushed to the night market, where they found the pooch in distress.<br /><br />The poor dog had to be tranquillised first before they were able to carefully remove the plastic container from its head. Th rescue lasted for about 30 minutes.<br /><br />The kindhearted volunteers then waited until the woke up from the calming drug and gave him food and water. <br /><br />Nattapong said the hungry stray was trying to eat leftover food in the tub and was stuck after putting its whole head in.<br /><br />He said: ''The dog was difficult to catch because it kept running away from people who tried to help. So he needed to tranquillised. <br /><br />''I hope this is a lesson for people not to leave rubbish on the streets. The waste products can cause many problems for animals.''
