Rocket gang send Gerbil into space (opens in new tab)

From today’s Metro: "Fireworks prank kills Gerbil A shopkeeper was horrified when a group of teenagers sent a gerbil to its death by tying it to a firework. Yvonne Graves said the Youths bought a rocket from her store before getting a gerbil from the pet store next door. They then asked her for an elastic band, which they used to tie the rodent to the rocket, and set it off. Mrs Graves of Cambridge said: 'I was disgusted. If they do that sort of thing to an innocent animal, I wonder what they...