Forget dangerous dogs… I was mauled by my neighbour’s cat – there was blood everywhere
A mother of two suffered horrific injuries after being attacked by a neighbour’s cat outside her own home.
Childcare worker Kimberley Eyre, 38, was left dripping with blood when the feral cat clawed and bit her arm to the tendons.
The savage attack only ended when a factory worker heard her cries of pain and fear and kicked the cat off.
Kimberley, from Earby, Lancashire, is on maternity leave from her job at a children’s home.
The caretaker, who has a four-year-old daughter and a five-month-old son, was cleaning a carpet inside when she heard cats screeching in the yard.
Kimberley Eyre, 38, was at home with her two children when she heard the cats fighting outside and went to intervene
Her wrist was ravaged by an aggressive tomcat that had attacked her one-year-old cat Maximus Minx
“I was inside and heard a noise from outside,” Kimberley said. She was cleaning the carpet inside wearing a T-shirt and slippers on her feet.
She ran outside to find her one year old cat Maximus Minx huddled under the couch with a big tomcat fighting him.
“I recognized the tabby and white tomcat as one that had been coming through the garden for about a month and I had thrown water at it to discourage it,” said Kimberley, who also has a rabbit and chicken in the garden.
“I tried to save my cat by putting my hand under the couch and I grabbed the Tom.
The injuries were cleaned and dressed and Kimberley was given a course of antibiotics. She is still in pain and her arm is swollen
Blood on the floor from Kimberley’s cat-inflicted wounds. She went to the hospital, where a nurse said it was the worst cat wound she had ever seen
“I then put him on the floor and he looked up at me and then suddenly pounced on my arm.
“He wrapped his legs around my arm with his claws piercing my skin to hold onto and then he yanked into my wrist with his teeth.
“It was very painful and scary. I couldn’t believe what happened. I’ve never seen a cat behave like this.
“I screamed and a nearby factory worker ran to my rescue. I managed to squeeze the cat off my arm and then he started attacking my cat again.
Kimberley has warned other villagers about the mean cat and says she is afraid to let her small children go in the garden
“The factory worker kicked the cat away, but it came again and he kicked it away again and then it started attacking it. “The Tom was fearless and snarling and fierce. But eventually it stopped attacking.
“I was covered in blood and had deep wounds on my arm and wrist. The but mark exposed my tendons and was about an inch long.
“I can’t believe a cat could cause such serious injuries. It’s more like a dog attack.”
Kimberley went to Airedale General Hospital in Steeton, West Yorkshire, where the nurse said it was the worst cat wound she had ever seen.
The injuries were cleaned and dressed and Kimberley was given a course of antibiotics. She is still in pain and her arm is swollen.
“I’m terrified of letting my little girl out in the backyard because if the cat attacks her, it could be very serious,” Kimberley said.
Kimberley has warned other villagers to be on the lookout if they come across the cat.
