A mouse has been taped to a fire work and set off in the new year celebrations in Frisian village of Drachten. Frisian village hates animal cruelty and has had 500 officers dedicated to stomping it out the village.
Two twenty year olds were responsible and were arrested for the cruelty and the mouse comicaly named Astromuis – Astro mous – by the Dutch media, was stuffed and mounted in a "triumphant position" surrounded by firework rockets on a display that opened to the public on Thursday.Astromuis was rescued by police with burns to his stomach and paws but died last Friday. The mouse is not the first victim of cruelty to animals to be preserved for posterity in Friesland's Natuurmuseum.
Also displayed is Dominomus, a stuffed sparrow which was shot in 2005 after it flew into an exhibition centre where 18 million dominoes were precariously balanced ready to be toppled for a world record attempt. The bird had knocked over 23,000 dominoes before it was killed to become an animal cruelty cause célèbre in Holland and has two popular songs and a website dedicated to its memory.
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