浣熊被困格栅2小时后，被10名急救人员解救出来

A raccoon got his head stuck in a storm grate in Massachusetts — and it took a team of 10 first responders more than two hours to free him from the situation, according to reports.

据报道，一只浣熊的头卡在了马萨诸塞州的一个雨水栅栏里，10名急救人员花了两个多小时才把它从困境中解救出来。

Photos posted by the Newton Fire Department show the furry critter’s head poking through a small square hole in the grate as he anxiously gripped the metal frame Thursday.

牛顿消防部门周四发布的照片显示，这只毛茸茸的小家伙焦急地抓住金属框架时，它的头从格栅上的一个方形小洞里探了出来。

“We were able to rescue a juvenile raccoon today with help from Waltham’s Animal Control. He had been stuck for a while but we are happy to report he is free!!!” the department tweeted, adding: “We rescue citizens both big and small!!!”

“在威豪中心动物管理部门的帮助下，我们今天成功营救了一只小浣熊。他被困了一段时间，但我们很高兴地告诉大家，他自由了!!”该部门在推特上写道:“我们营救大大小小的公民!!”

But it was a big effort to free the little creature.

为了解救这个小动物，这次真是费了很大的力气。

A crew of four firefighters first tried rubbing the raccoon’s head with dish soap, in the hopes that he would “slip out,” Newton Fire Lt. Phil McCully told NBC News.

牛顿消防中尉菲尔·麦卡利在接受NBC新闻采访时表示，四名消防员第一次尝试用肥皂擦浣熊的头，希望它能“溜出去”。

“This method usually works 90 percent of the time,” said McCully.

“这种方法在90%的情况下会有效。”麦卡利说。

But not in this case.

但这次显然没戏。

So the firefighters removed the grate from the sidewalk, thinking the animal might be able to pull himself out.

所以消防队员从人行道上拆下了栅栏，想这样这只动物可能会把自己拉出来。

When that didn’t work, they tried using medical gauze to compress the creature’s neck and slip it free.

但是也失败了，他们试图用医用纱布来按住它的脖子，然后把它拽出来，也不行。

Eventually, a local veterinarian sedated the raccoon, and with his tense neck muscle relaxed, officials were finally able to rescue it.

最后，当地的一位兽医给浣熊注射了镇静剂，他紧张的颈部肌肉放松了，消防队员们终于将浣熊解放了。

The animal was taken to Waltham Animal Control for observation and released into the wild when his medication wore off.

之后浣熊被带到沃尔瑟姆动物控制中心进行观察，药效一过，就放归到野外。