A fox had to be rescued and cleaned up after being found stuck in a pool of tar-like heating oil in Leicester city centre.

A fox was rescued from a giant oil pit after a passerby spotted his bright yellow eyes peering through the tar-like substance. RSPCA workers managed to yank the animal free after it became stuck ...

Images appear to show two eyes shining from the dark liquid and the outline of its ears. The fox was found trapped ... and pulled him from the pit in Leicester city centre on March 27.

The animal welfare charity reported that the fox was submerged, with only its ears, eyes, and nose visible above the oil ...

A fox stuck in an oil-filled pit has been rescued after a member of the public spotted its two eyes peering from the “tar-like ... juvenile male’s neck and pulled him from the pit in Leicester city ...