Pet owners are living in fear of their moggies being swiped by the feathered fiends whose monster appetites have grown along with their population in towns across the UK
Locals say ‘it’s a horrendous situation’ (Image: Getty Images)
Rogue seagulls are getting so hungry they’re targeting cats.
The problem is happening all over the country and is expected to worsen as populations of the winged beasts grow. Pet owners have been attacked while trying to protect their beloved furry pals.
And some are taking extreme measures such as installing dozens of giant sticks in their gardens to stop the swooping scumbags from landing. Anne Rushton posted on a local group in Blackpool: “Just a word of warning. Yesterday evening we all witnessed a seagull attempting to attack a full grown cat – repeatedly.
“If my son hadn’t chased the bird away it would have had the cat. I’ve never ever seen this before.”
Forget pasties, it’s now cats that are on the menu (Image: Getty Images)
Another frantic cat owner posted on the RSPB forum: “I live close to an industrial estate where gulls nest every year.“This year they have started attacking my cat in the garden.
“The gulls aren’t just swooping, they are hovering and really having a go at him. And they are huge!
“It’s now got so bad that my husband has ended up with a bruised eye from stopping one attacking the cat.
Some are too scared to let their pets go out (Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“It’s a horrendous situation as we just can’t risk them being outside at all.
The pet owner later wrote: “I have found a solution to our gull situation – 50 tall bamboo canes stuck in the soil a metre apart all over my garden with reflective tape tied to the top.
“It seems to have done the trick.”
Seagulls are a nuisance all over the UK (Image: Getty Images)
It comes after another 16-year-old moggie, Max, was left with a deep abscess in his abdomen after being targeted by one of the flying scumbags last summer.
He was in the garden of his owner’s home in Bransty, Cumberland, when the beaked beast struck.
Owner Becca Flett said: “He was just laying there sunbathing when a seagull went down and attacked him.
She said: “That could have been me or my baby. It could have got my baby.”
And horrified Becca Louise Hill was stunned when a seagull seized her pet Chihuahua Gizmo in Paignton, Devon in 2019.
Ornithologist Peter Rock said at the time: “If you have a very tiny little dog I suggest you don’t let it run around in your back garden. It may well become a meal.”
