Reward over gull dumped in skip

A £1,000 reward has been offered for information after a gull was found tied up in a black bin liner and dumped in a skip in Hastings, East Sussex.

Police called East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service to deal with the bird after it was found.

The animal rescue charity has put up the reward for information leading to a conviction for causing unnecessary suffering to the gull.

Rescuer Tony Neads said the gull was in a "hot and distressed" state.

No living creature deserves to go through this type of deliberate suffering Maz Marriot

It was taken to a vet for medical attention and a check-up.

Spokesman Trevor Weeks said it was a "a horrendous and deliberate attempt at causing unnecessary suffering".

Maz Marriot, the duty co-ordinator called to the incident on Thursday, said: "This bird would have died an extremely slow death.

"No living creature deserves to go through this type of deliberate suffering. Whoever did this is an extremely low and shallow person."