# Odd donations to charity shops #247: the dead hamster

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/08/09/odd-donations-charity-shops-247-dead-hamster/
- Published: 2007-08-09T00:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

[Third Sector](http://www.thirdsector.co.uk)‘s ‘Paper Round’ back page section is
developing a nice line in featuring peculiar or shocking donations to charity shops.
This week’s story concerned an Oxfam shop volunteer in West Wickham, Kent, who discovered
a dead hamster in a cage which had been bagged up and left outside the shop.

Wendy Mortimer was angry that someone could have thrown away a dead pet like rubbish
so ensured the animal received a proper burial.

There was no mention how much the cage was sold for.

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