Donkeys have a reputation for being stubborn. But in the case of “poor Amigo”, a donkey who has been rescued by firefighters from a field in Shropshire, it wasn’t stubbornness that kept him stationary – it was mud.

A spokesperson from Shropshire fire and rescue said a team of “10 or 11 firefighters” attended a call to rescue the hapless animal, who got stuck in waist-deep mud after falling into a hidden storm drain covered in leaves.

Logging the incident as “one donkey, stuck in storm drain”, firefighters used straps and lines to pull Amigo out safely, after a vet sedated the trapped animal to ensure it did not panic and injure itself.