Postmen boycott UK house - because of ‘ferocious’ cat named Tiger!

LONDON - Tiger, a 19-year-old cat, is at the centre of a row for attacking postmen and scaring them from delivering mail to its owners’ address.

In the past month alone Tiger has allegedly attacked three postmen, with one complaining of being scratched on the arm through his jacket, and another revealing he got a nasty wound to his leg.

The postmen claim that the ageing moggy lies in wait behind his cat-flap, listening for their footsteps, and when they walk up the steps, the cat, which is 93 years old in human terms, flies out, hissing and snarling.

After the latest attack, Royal Mail have slapped a ban on deliveries to Tiger’s home because he is deemed a risk to staff’s health and safety.

“Royal Mail said that they will not come near the house because the cat is far too dangerous,” the Daily Express quoted Tiger’s owner Tracy Brayshaw, 43, as saying.

“It was funny at first but it is going a bit far now - we don’t have a rottweiler, just a 19-year-old cat,” she said.

Tracey, who lives with company boss Nigel, 49, and their teenage children in Farsley, Leeds, has to collect the family’s post from a sorting office.

She finds it hard to believe that her family pet’s behaviour is as appalling as the posties say.

“Tiger is 19 years old. He dribbles when he sleeps and snores, he sleeps for 20 hours a day,” she described her cat.

“If he climbs up a tree he is done in for the rest of the week. I find it really hard to believe.

“He hasn’t got the energy to really attack a postman,” she said.

She said the ban is now affecting her family, with her son Sam, 16, almost missing out on an invitation from his school to go in for the day during half- term.

And daughter Amy, 17, is waiting anxiously for a letter to arrive confirming her place at university.

Tracey is hoping to appeal against the suspension, in force for two weeks.

“We are sorry for the inconvenience to Mrs Brayshaw and we want to resume her deliveries as quickly as possible,” a spokesman for Royal Mail said.

“We’re trying to agree a way to do this and avoid our employees suffering further nasty injuries, as has happened three times already,” he added. (ANI)