Police investigate after mice dumped in plastic bags in The Hague
Police in Den Haag are treating the discovery of about ten mice in plastic bags on a street as animal cruelty, which is punishable.
About ten mice in plastic bags were found on Bij de Westermolens in The Hague on Tuesday afternoon. Some of the animals were still alive; several were dead.
Police said officers took the animals to the police station. The animal ambulance (dierenambulance) later collected those that were still alive.
A police spokesperson said: "We are investigating further. We see this action as animal cruelty and it is punishable."
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