Paramedics rescue squirrel with cup stuck on its head

Quick-thinking paramedics have come to the rescue of a squirrel that somehow managed to get its head stuck in a cup.

Members of Enfield Emergency Medical Services responded last week after a rodent in Connecticut couldn’t get its head free from what appeared to be a plastic or paper cup.

Video posted on the Enfield EMS Facebook page shows the squirrel leaping in the air in an effort to dislodge the cup.

Eventually, the paramedics were able to hold down the squirrel with a blanket while they pulled the cup from its head.

Once the cup was removed, the squirrel quickly sprinted back into the trees.

The video has since been viewed nearly 200,000 times on Facebook and has been shared almost 2000 times.