€260 vet’s bill for dog owner

The owner of Flossie the cat, who was injured as she ran to get away from a neighbouring Rottweiler, brought the dog owner to the Small Claims Court in Cork yesterday to get him to pay the vet’s bill for the cat.

Ann Donnelly, of St Jude’s, 5 Beechwood Rd, Mahon, Cork, said her cat suffered a torn Achilles tendon in her attempt to get away from the Rottweiler, who had got into her back garden.

Ms Donnelly said Flossie managed to squeeze under a gate to get away from the dog and by the time the owner found the cat she was cowering under a hedge.