Mersey animal agony revealed

Apr 28 2008 by Rebecca Edwards, Liverpool Daily Post

THE number of animals abandoned by their owners in Merseyside rose by 10% in 2007, according to the RSPCA.

Figures released by the charity at the start of RSPCA week show that over 33,866 animals were rescued from abandonment or danger in the north of England in 2007.

They include:

A cat and five one-week-old kittens abandoned in a zipped-up suitcase in a supermarket car park in Runcorn;

A dog suffering from an untreated tumour tied-up and abandoned outside an RSPCA Animal Centre in Wirral;

A seven-week-old puppy with a docked tail and neck injury abandoned in bush- es in Warrington.

And, just four months into 2008, the society has already rescued 699 abandoned animals across the north region.

FOR information, visit www.rspcaweek.org.uk