A woman spent four days in hospital and had to have surgery after she was attacked by a large stray cat in her back garden. Gaby Beaumont, 76, had seven stitches and had to have fluid drained from her wound following the attack at her home.
Gaby, who lives with her daughter Alison Macaulay, was feeding the birds when the attack happened. She now carries an alarm with her. Gaby told the Perthshire Advertiser: “I was feeding the wild birds in the garden and heard a loud hissing noise from behind me.
“I turned to see what was obviously a large wild cat and it just attacked and bit me unprovoked and ran off. There was a lot of blood. It was a shock and I thought I was going to pass out. Thank God the dogs were not in the garden at the time.
