THE Scottish SPCA Glasgow Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre is bracing itself for hundreds of unwanted animals this Christmas.

The centre wants people to think hard before getting a new pet this year, as they see a deluge of unwanted animals in the weeks after Christmas.

Centre manager Anna O’Donnell said: “In the weeks and months after Christmas our centres are often asked to take in puppies, kittens and other pets who were given as presents. Even worse, some of these animals are dumped like rubbish once the novelty has worn off.”

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She said the centre took in hundreds of animals every January and they stop rehoming baby animals between December 19 and January 3 to ensure they aren’t taken by someone who just wants a new pet for Christmas.

Unwanted animals dumped at Christmas include Winter, who was abandoned and left for dead on a remote country road on Christmas Day.

The centre was called out when the spaniel setter cross was discovered moments after a car was spotted stopping on an unclassified road in Lanarkshire near the A71.

Senior Inspector Billy Linton said, “It seems the driver simply let Winter out of the car and drove away. He was very lucky someone found him and called us because he could just as easily have run off or been knocked down by a car and killed.

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“We were delighted to find Winter the loving new home he deserved.”