A Perthshire retiree had to undergo an operation and spend four nights in hospital after she was attacked by a “large” stray cat in her back garden.
Gaby Beaumont (76) ended up with seven stitches and had to have fluid drained from her infected wound following the ambush at her Huntingtowerfield home.
The breast cancer survivor, who lives with her daughter Alison Macaulay, was feeding the birds on the afternoon of Sunday, March 26 when the incident occurred.