A household of 12 animal mice have actually been discovered by a dog walker in Bewdley after being deserted in a provider bag in freezing winter.
On Thursday, December 15 a lady was strolling her dog in a field behind St Anne’s C of E Main School in Wyre Hill, Bewdley at about 9 am when she found a plastic bag and discovered it was moving.
She opened it up and to her surprise discovered 12 mice – 3 woman, 3 male grownups and 6 children believed to be just 10 days to 2 weeks old, snuggled within.
The lady took the mice house and put them in an extra cage she had for her own family pets, prior to they were gathered by RSPCA inspector Claire Davey.
They were checked out at the charity’s Newbrook Stock Centre and Healthcare Facility in Birmingham from where they will be rehomed.
The RSPCA state the mice would probably have actually died in the freezing conditions had they not been discovered in time by the dog walker.
Claire stated: “Deserting animals like this is truly harsh and these poor mice were so susceptible left in a bag in freezing conditions.
” It’s possible their owner had actually ended up being overwhelmed by the number they had and could not cope – which is regretfully something we see frequently – however disposing of family pets in this method is entirely undesirable and we would advise anybody with details about this event to call our appeal line on 0300 123 8018.
” The good news is we do not believe they had actually been left for too long prior to being discovered as they probably would have died from the cold or left and been killed otherwise.
” The girl who discovered them was so caring, taking them house and ensuring they were easily housed prior to calling us.
” She unquestionably conserved their lives, and it’s due to the fact that of her kind actions that we are now able to discover them caring brand-new houses.”.
