A heartbroken Dundee pensioner has spoken of her horror after her cat was killed by foxes.
Beth Anderson, of Blantyre Place in Downfield, has warned other pet owners to be on their guard after her cat Gary was attacked by two foxes outside her home in the early hours of Monday.
The 69-year-old faced an anxious night of worry when the four-year-old pet failed to return home on Sunday night.
Retired Mrs Anderson, who adopted the black-and-white cat over three years ago, searched for her pet the next morning before she made a grisly discovery in her garden.
Mrs Anderson said she was horrified after finding the animal’s remains, including part of its tail, strewn across the grass.
“He wasn’t there on Sunday night, which is unusual because he always comes in about 11pm,” she said. “I went to bed about midnight and I thought I would hear him coming in.
“I woke up around 5am and he still wasn’t home. I got up again at 7.30am and went into the garden. That is when I saw it. All his white hair was lying all over the garden and then I found part of his tail.
“My next door neighbour came over to tell me he had seen two foxes attack something that night. He had heard a screech and looked out the window but he didn’t realise it was Gary.”
More of the animal’s remains were also discovered by a neighbour across the road on Tuesday.
Mrs Anderson said foxes were a common sight in the area and voiced concerns about the safety of other domestic pets.
Scottish SPCA chief superintendent Mike Flynn said, “Foxes can be quite common in urban areas as they tend to find sources of food. Attacks on humans and pets are thankfully extremely rare but we would always recommend that people do not feed foxes as this may encourage them to enter gardens and homes.”