Little Scruffy was found in a garbage truck

Poor Scruffy was covered in grime when he was handed in to a sanctuary.

He had been found on a garbage truck by the driver, who thankfully spotted him before he got hurt in the vehicle.

Scruffy was given a good clean to properly reveal his adorable black and white fur.

A spokesman for the sanctuary said: ‘Luckily the driver spotted his little stowaway and brought him to us.’

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‘And you can see why we gave him the name Scruffy.’

The sanctuary rep said Scruffy has been happily adopted , and added: ‘Thank you so much to Lisa and family for turning this little scruff into a pampered prince.’

Little Scruffy has earned himself plenty of fans on social media, with one person commenting:

‘What a darling’, while another praised his ‘fabulous whiskers’.

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‘He’s adorable, thank you kind people for adopting him,’ someone else wrote.

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