Lamb saved after being dumped in wheelie bin

A lamb is being cared for by the RSPCA after he was found dumped in a wheelie bin on a Manchester street. The animal, which is around a month old, was discovered by a district nurse who heard a noise coming from the bin on Watts Street. District nurse Gillian Powell was on a house-call when she heard a noise coming from a bin and phoned her colleague, Georgina Holmes.

Ms Holmes said: "She was anxious about opening the bin because she didn't know what she'd find so she rang me at the health centre around the corner and I went straight over to meet her. We couldn't believe it when we lifted the lid, the last thing we expected to see was a lamb!" The nurses lifted the lamb out and wrapped him in a blanket before ringing police and the RSPCA.



They then took the creature to the nearby Shore Fold Community Farm on Cringle Road until help arrived. "Obviously it's not every day a lamb is found dumped in a wheelie bin," said RSPCA inspector Caroline Hall. "As you'd imagine, the lamb's discovery caused a lot of interest amongst people in the area and we're very grateful to them for everything they did to help. Who knows what would have happened to him otherwise."

The lamb has been checked by a vet and was found to be uninjured and healthy, apart from a slightly ulcerated eye for which he has been receiving treatment. He is being cared for by an RSPCA fosterer where he is being bottle-fed until he is old enough to move onto solid food. The RSPCA are trying to trace a man driving a light blue Audi, thought to be either an A4 or A6 ,where the model name had been replaced by the word 'Robert' or something similar, who was seen in the area minutes before the discovery at 12:50pm.