A cow was found with its mouth stuck in a food tin.

Footage shows the distressed bovine with a can lodged in its jaw near the Purani Basti underbridge in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, on October 21.

The Atal Kamdhenu Gau Sewa Sansthan team, led by the NGO's chairman, Gaurav Mishra, assisted in removing the object with the help of residents. The metal container was removed from the cow's mouth by cutting it away.

In India, devout locals follow Hindu customs, with cows regarded as sacred animals that cannot be eaten or slaughtered once they have stopped producing milk. The majority of states ban the sale or slaughter of cows.

Instead of dealing with the economic burden of keeping their spent cattle, many farmers let the beasts roam the streets - leading to chaos when the animals become agitated and turn their fury on humans.