The distressed male red kangaroo was seen in a paddock near the Coffin Bay golf course in South Australia, before locals devised a plan to set it free.

“I’d just finished a round of golf, and then we spotted this big kangaroo in the paddock with its head in a watering can,” local Ian Berry told The Advertiser.

“At this point [he] was pretty tired because it had been trying to kick the can off … we were able to get close enough to cut the can off,” Mr Berry said.

Free from its brush with danger, the dazed animal jumped off.

“He is one lucky kangaroo,” Mr Berry said.

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