# 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.

Society · published 2026-10-21 21:33 · https://nlnow.nl/a/police-investigate-after-mice-dumped-in-plastic-bags-in-the-hague/

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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