“The rat had quite a lot of winter fat and got stuck on its hips — nothing was going forward and nothing back,” Michael Sehr, one of the rescuers, told the German news agency DPA on Monday ...

A fat rat nearly lost its life after getting stuck in a sewer grate in Bensheim, Germany. On Sunday, animal rescue operation Berufstierrettung Rhein Neckar responded to the scene to find a rat ...

A rat has returned to its rightful place in a sewer in Bensheim, Germany, after being rescued from a manhole cover. And the overweight rodent has captured the collective hearts of the internet.

A rat packing on a little extra winter weight got stuck in a sewer grate in Germany on Sunday afternoon, prompting an impressive rescue effort. Nine emergency responders, including firefighters ...

A rotund rodent got stuck in a Brooklyn sidewalk while scurrying out from the underground — causing a pedestrian to accidentally step on its head and shriek in horror, a witness said Wednesday.

BENSHEIM, Germany -- A slightly overweight rat was rescued by a team of firefighters after it got stuck in a manhole cover in Bensheim, Germany over the weekend. Animal rescuer Michael Sehr, along ...