A distraught pet owner has said she didn’t know whether to “vomit or cry” after a delivery driver was caught on camera attacking her “innocent cat“.
Lisa Ferraby, 37, was alerted to the “distressing” and “completely unprovoked” attack through her doorbell cam.
She received a warning from her husband, who captured a visitor to their home in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, while they were both at work.
The disturbing clip shows how the courier first attempted to swat the cat, named Tumble, with a large letter he had been delivering while shouting at the terrified pet.
But seconds later, he took another swipe at the cat before picking up a large stone from the front garden and hurling it at the pet prompting it to flee the scene.
“I was at work, and I don’t really look at the doorbell because I’m in meetings a lot for work,” she said.
“My husband called me, and I know that if I get a call outside of my lunch break then I know there is something wrong.
“He told me to go and have a look at the doorbell, I asked why and he told me that Tumble had been hit by the Evri driver.”
Ms Ferraby added: “I watched it, and didn’t know whether to vomit or cry.
“I was absolutely fuming, I just wanted to leave work, but I couldn’t leave.
“It is distressing to see that kind of thing to your own pet, and it is completely unprovoked.”
Luckily, Tumble showed no signs of injuries but was “shaken and cowering in a corner” when Ms Ferraby and her husband Andrew got home from work.
She said: “We didn’t take him to the vets, we checked him over and he rolls over on his back and lets you look at his tummy and his fur.
“Physically he seemed okay but he was shaken and cowering in a corner when we got back.
“He didn’t eat that night which is not like him, he just seemed a little bit off which is understandable really.”
Delivery driver first tried to hit feline with post
After speaking to bosses at the delivery company, Ms Ferraby praised them for acting so quickly in sacking the driver the next day.
The married mother of two added: “I put what happened on social media, and somebody who I know’s sister-in-law is in charge of that depot, so I was put in contact with her the same evening.
“I sent her the video on WhatsApp and she was mortified.
“She said she had a meeting with head office the next day, and she said she was going to raise it.
Luckily, Tumble showed no signs of injuries but was “shaken and cowering in a corner”
Tumble the cat with owner Lisa Ferraby
