Many postmen will have encountered the threat of a snarling dog itching to nip their fingers and ankles whenever they approach a letter box.
And now a pet-owner has been threatened with having her post cut off because of her pet who keeps on attacking Royal Mail staff.
But this is no ferocious dog - it's a fluffy ginger cat called Biscuit.
The owner of two-year-old Biscuit received a letter threatening to cut off her post, which she described as 'ridiculous'.
Judith Phizacklea was informed by a delivery office manager at Royal Mail that postmen were 'experiencing difficulties in delivering mail because of the actions of a cat'.
The letter states Royal Mail had carried out a health and safety risk assessment because Biscuit stands behind the letterbox and 'scratches with its paws'.
Mrs Phizacklea said: 'It seems ridiculous, he has never been aggressive. He likes to pull the letters out of the mailbox but no one has ever complained before.'
The letter requested Mrs Phizacklea install a letter cage on the inside of her letterbox, or a dedicated post box on the exterior of their property, within 14 days or have deliveries to their property suspended.
Her daughter Rebecca Phizacklea, 19, said: 'I just laughed. You would think he was a huge Rottweiler chasing them up the street according to that letter.'
Biscuit was adopted by the family in Barrow, Cumbria, after being found in a cardboard box by a canal in Ulverston two years ago.
'He was quite ill when we picked him up, but he's a lovely cat,' said Mrs Phizacklea.
source: dailymail
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