The desperate animals were found emaciated and covered in fleas inside the disgusting property, including a pet rat which was barely alive. RSPCA officers raided the house of horrors in Walsall ...

A woman who kept more than 100 pet rats in dirty and overcrowded ... radiator because the animals had no water. The RSPCA said several of the rats were sneezing and displaying respiratory symptoms.

The pet rate snake escaped when its owner was cleaning its vivarium And the following day a resident in Pimblett Road, St Helens, spotted a rat snake on the top of a fridge. RSPCA inspector Helen ...