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  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2003-10-28-rocket-gang-send-gerbil-into-space/",
  "description": "A shopkeeper was horrified when a group of teenagers sent a gerbil to its death by tying it to a firework.",
  "path": "/short-articles/2003-10-28-rocket-gang-send-gerbil-into-space/",
  "publishedAt": "2003-10-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:tki7vwlanxbwrz2er67eaeqa/site.standard.publication/3mp4h4md7zv2y",
  "tags": [
    "Misc",
    "News"
  ],
  "textContent": "From today’s Metro:  \n\"Fireworks prank kills Gerbil  \nA shopkeeper was horrified when a group of teenagers sent a gerbil to\nits death by tying it to a firework. Yvonne Graves said the Youths\nbought a rocket from her store before getting a gerbil from the pet\nstore next door. They then asked her for an elastic band, which they\nused to tie the rodent to the rocket, and set it off. Mrs Graves of\nCambridge said: 'I was disgusted. If they do that sort of thing to an\ninnocent animal, I wonder what they are capable of.'\nThe RSPCA said it was investigating. 'This incident beggers beleif',\nadded a spokeswoman.\"\n\nStory also at:  \nChannel 4 News  \nThe Sun  \nThe Yorkshire Post  \nThe Sun again (with pictures)  \nThe Western Daily Press  \n\nI was wondering what other shops next door to each other are asking for trouble. You just know what is going to happen if you opened up a free range egg stall next to a David Blain stunt...",
  "title": "Rocket gang send Gerbil into space"
}