Elderly cat 'scares off Leeds postmen'

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Royal Mail has suspended the delivery of mail to a home in Leeds after several postmen claimed to have been attacked by an aggressive 19-year-old cat.
Tiger, owned by 43-year-old pharmacy dispenser Tracy Brayshaw, has allegedly injured three postal workers in recent weeks, the Yorkshire Post reports.
Brayshaw said: "Our vet is amazed he is still alive. If Tiger climbs up a tree he is done in for the rest of the week. I find it really hard to believe. The post has been suspended for two weeks. It was funny at first but it is going a bit far now.
"Tiger is 19 years old. He dribbles when he sleeps and snores and he sleeps for 20 hours a day. Royal Mail said they will not come near the house because the cat is far too dangerous.
"We've had him since he was a kitten when he wandered in off the street. He has never done anything like what they say he has done before."
A spokeswoman from Royal Mail said: "We are sorry for the inconvenience to Mrs Brayshaw and, as we want to resume delivery of mail to her address as quickly as possible.
"We're trying to agree a way to do this and avoid our employees suffering further nasty injuries, as has happened three times already." (from DS)