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Ninety-three year old Vicky Jenkins is now home from hospital but she is still nursing bite wounds from the nasty cat that attacked her while she was out in her garden last Thursday.

The injuries are so bad her arm swelled up the size of a pumpkin and she can香蕉视频直播檛 use her hand at all one week later.

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The stray tomcat clamped down on her forearm with all its teeth.

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Neighbour Ken McKay, came running over and drove Vicky to the hospital.

Doctors gave her a tetanus shot and sent her on her way.

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On Wednesday, one week after the attack, Jenkins香蕉视频直播� entire arm was swollen and purple and blue from fingertips to elbow.

香蕉视频直播淭he cat was back again in the backyard this morning,香蕉视频直播� said Vicky. Neighbours believe the cat originally lived at a home but became stray when the people moved away and didn香蕉视频直播檛 take the cat with them. Its diet is the many birds that frequent the neighbourhood, said Vicky.

This isn香蕉视频直播檛 the first time the tom has attacked.

Two years ago, a four-year-old girl was bitten twice by the stray, said her dad Blake who lives a few doors down from the Jenkins.

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Since then, Blake has told his kids to stay clear of the cat.

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McKay said the stray cat recently attacked another neighbour香蕉视频直播檚 kitten.

For McKay who has lived in the neighbourhood for more than 30 years, seeing the injuries endured by Vicky was the last straw.

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香蕉视频直播淚 was told I could have a trap and I could try to trap the cat and bring it to them. But then they may neuter it and re-release the thing back into our neighbourhood. This bylaws need to change. If this was a dog that bit Vicky, animal control would come here and pick up the dog,香蕉视频直播� said McKay.

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LAPS executive director Jayne Nelson has since spoken with Vicky and is sending out an officer to trap the cat.

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Cats, stray or domestic, don香蕉视频直播檛 usually have an aggressive streak but Nelson wonders if this cat has an undiagnosed medical issue that is causing it to attack.

Nelson said there are no bylaws regarding cats, unlike dogs, which are required to be licensed and can香蕉视频直播檛 just roam free AS cats do.

香蕉视频直播淲ith a nuisance cat we will often lend them a trap and then take the cat in. We will give it a medical check up, neuter it and see if we can find it a home. If it is too feral, we may look for it to be a barn cat. It香蕉视频直播檚 always looked at case by case. If there is a public safety concern we would have to look at not releasing it back into the neighbourhood,香蕉视频直播� she said.

In the case of the attacking tom, she said LAPS only has had the one complaint about it. However, Nelson said they will go and trap the cat.

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Langley has a huge stray cat issue, with an estimated 25,000 homeless cats.

Tiny Kittens, a local non-profit, has been making great strides with its trap and neuter program in a colony of feral cats on a rural property in Aldergrove. They have also managed to successfully adopt out some of the cats. LAPS offers free spay and neuters at least twice a year, and hosts a day when they will pick up or take any unwanted kittens or pregnant cats.

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LAPS can be reached at 604-857-5055.