Man bites off head of pet mouse

An Auckland woman has been left traumatised after watching a man bite the head off her pet mouse.

The woman was walking to her son's school with the mouse in her top when she was confronted by a group of men.

One of the men took the mouse and bit down on its head, crushing it, Newstalk ZB said.

SPCA chief executive Robyn Kippenberger said losing a much-loved pet in circumstances like those would be quite horrendous.

If it was a loved pet, it wouldn't matter whether it was a cat, dog, horse or mouse.

- NZPA