Adorable little mouse gets tiny sling after being attacked by cat

Rescuers hope to release it back to the wild soon.

A tiny dormouse has been given a minuscule arm sling after suffering a suspected shoulder injury in Johannesburg. The type of injury is currently only suspected because the animal is too small to have an X-ray done. Staff at Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital in South Africa found the "tiny patient" after it had been attacked by a cat. They have since been caring for it and hope it will be able to be released back in to the wild soon.

"He had been caught by a cat and came all the way from the Waterberg to us for help," a spokesperson for the veterinary hospital said.