This is the heartwarming moment a stray dog was rescued after its head was stuck inside a discarded glass jar.

The poor puppy was struggling to move when Carine Bazan found him outside their front yard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on (December 21).

She took the four-month-old pooch and pulled the glass out of its head. He now lives with her family and three other adopted dogs.

This is the heartwarming moment a stray dog was rescued after its head was stuck inside a discarded glass jar.

Carine Bazan found the pooch struggling to move outside their front yard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 21.

They immediately took the four-month-old puppy and pulled the glass out of its head. They gave the pooch some food and water and now lives with them three other adopted dogs.

Carine said: ‘We couldn’t break it because there could be glass falling in her eyes. We also didn’t want her to be wounded from cut glass so we pulled it out after several attempts.’