Seventeen canaries dumped in sealed-up box on rural lane

Seventeen canaries have been found dumped in a cardboard box in Nottinghamshire.

A member of the public found the birds at the side of Blidworth Waye, in Papplewick, on Tuesday last week.

The RSPCA say they don't know how long they were there for and they had been left with no food, water or perch.

The box had been sealed shut and there were no air-holes to give the birds oxygen.