RSPCA officers have spoken of their shock after picking up a pet hamster which was reportedly thrown out with household rubbish due to be collected by refuse collectors the following day. 'Harry', a Syrian hamster, was found in his enclosure alongside bags of general waste at Penllyn, Cwmavon, near Port Talbot, by a concerned member of the public who noticed him moving around inside his cage and called the RSPCA.
Messages had been scribbled onto the base of Harry's cage including "name Harry," "pick me up," "I like food" and "do not destroy" but it's unknown who owned Harry and why he was abandoned with the rubbish. For more stories about Cwmavon, go here, and for more stories about the RSPCA, go here.
“Poor Harry had literally been thrown out with the rubbish," explained RSPCA animal rescue officer Paula Milton, who collected him on Thursday, March 2, and took him to a local RSPCA rescue centre. "He's friendly, in good condition and had been kept in a well-stocked enclosure, so he’d clearly been looked after in the past.
