This hapless python had to be rescued after raiding a poultry farm and getting caught in chicken wire.

The 12ft long snake slithered inside the chicken coup but its long body became stuck in the wire.

It was heard thrashing around as it tried to free itself from the predicament on the outskirts of Chonburi, Thailand, on April 10.

The emergency services arrived and gently freed the python which had suffered slight grazes on its scales.

It was then placed in a sack and released back into the wild several miles away.

This hapless python had to be rescued after raiding a poultry farm and getting caught in chicken wire. The 12ft long snake slithered inside the chicken coup but its long body became stuck in the wire. It was heard thrashing around as it tried to free itself from the predicament on the outskits of Chonburi, Thailand, on April 10. The emergency services arrived and gently freed the python which had suffered slight grazes on its scales. It was then placed in a sack and released back intothe wild several miles away.