Story out of Northumbria, England:
A concerned man repeatedly called police in the hope they could rescue his pet hamster from his ex-partner who had overfeed it so much that it looked like “a fat little pig”.
Northumbria Police revealed the strange request during an appeal to help remind the public when to call 101 as “roughly 15%” of the one million calls it receives annually are about “non-police matters” and cost taxpayers around £200,000.
Police said that more than 400 calls a day have to be referred to other organisations, such as the RSPCA. Cont.
Story from - Huffington Post
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