Meet Cactus Jack, the scared little puppy who got mercilessly pricked after becoming trapped in a cactus in Arizona. Fortunately for Jack, one Good Samaritan was in his backyard last Friday when he heard the 9-week-old puppy’s frantic cries for help and called the Arizona Humane Society.

The Humane Society soon showed up with emergency rescue personnel but the anonymous hero had already freed Cactus Jack from his prickly prison. Not content with merely a rescue, he had also removed nearly an entire bucket’s-worth of cactus spines from the distressed dog.

Read more here and check out the before/after pics below.