RSPCA 'sickened' after tiny gerbil was slung like rubbish into a skip in Nuneaton

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"This was so sad and it sickened me that someone just threw the gerbil in the skip to die, as though he was a piece of rubbish"



A tiny gerbil was cruelly thrown into a skip in Nuneaton "like rubbish" say sickened RSPCA inspectors.

It was an eagle-eyed member of the public who spotted the frightened animal left dumped in a skip in Prescelly Close.

The 'sickening' find was one of 1,200 complaints made about animal cruelty across the county in 2017- with four new animal welfare concerns being looked into by local inspectors every day.

RSPCA inspector Louise Marston rushed out to collect the gerbil and took him to the safety of an RSPCA centre.

“This was so sad and it sickened me that someone just threw the gerbil in the skip to die, as though he was a piece of rubbish.

“He had water in his bottle, but the cage in general was quite dirty. It is pretty clear that whoever did this did so knowing that the gerbil was in there. If he hadn’t have been found, he would have died a horrible death. The skip wasn’t even full, so a lot of extra rubbish would have been thrown on top of this poor gerbil. Thankfully he recovered - he is very lucky.”

“If someone gets a pet then they need to realise that they have to commit to being responsible for the animal throughout their life,” added Inspector Marston.

“It is terrible to think that someone thought they could just throw the gerbil away because they no longer wanted him.”

Thankfully the gerbil survived and there has been a happy ending to his tale as he has been rehomed.