Two pet rats were discovered inside a gift bag on a popular Edinburgh walkway, with the Scottish SPCA issuing an appeal for information, as well as warning people that it wasn't the right way to give up an animal.
The male rats, believed to have been pets, were discovered on a path leading to the Water of Leith, both inside a colourful gift bag and seemingly abandoned by their owner.
The Record reports how the Scottish SPCA said the pets had been taken care off relatively well, with no immediate signs of abuse, but were unhappy at the nature in which the rats were just left in the open.
