A SHOCKED Bucks Herald reader contacted the newspaper to tell of her disgust at the person who dumped a gerbil at the side of the road on Sunday.
Carla Parish's partner Bradley Tickner was turning the car in which they were travelling around in a gateway on a road into Dinton when she spotted a cage dumped in a ditch with the creature inside.
The animal's cage had no food, an empty water bottle and there was a label on it with children's writing which said 'Blake' and is presumed to be the previous owner's name for the gerbil.
Miss Parish decided to take him home and Mr Tickner has called him Maverick named after the character played by Tom Cruise in Top Gun.
She said: "I said we can't just leave it there so we decided to take it home and I'm going to look after it now.
"It looks fairly young and it's very tame so I guess it wasn't there for all that long.
"I've been keeping an eye on it, but it seems very healthy and it's got no marks on it."
Maverick is now said to be enjoying his new home with Miss Parish and is looking forward to taking delivery of a brand new gerbil tank that has been ordered.
Anyone who thinks they may know who the gerbil belonged to is asked to contact The Bucks Herald on 01296 619767.
Reference:aylesburytoday
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