Strange video captured on a doorbell camera showed a delivery driver throwing stones at a “innocent cat.”
While they were both at work, video was recorded outside Lisa Ferraby’s home in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, and her husband informed the 37-year-old woman about it.
To her surprise, when she entered into the doorbell app on her phone, she could witness an Evri courier – who was dismissed soon after the event – strike her cat, called Tumble, as it rested on a wall near their doorstep.
The clip shows how the courier first attempted to swat the cat with a large enveloped letter he had been delivering.
He then picks up a huge stone from the front lawn and hurls it at the cat as it escapes the scene.
After viewing the video while at work, Mrs. Ferraby claimed she wasn’t sure whether to “vomit or cry.”
I was at work, and because I’m often in meetings for work, I don’t really glance at the doorbell, the woman stated.
“My spouse phoned me,” I said, “and I know that if I receive a call outside of my lunch break then I know there is something wrong.”
He informed me that Tumble had been struck by the Evri driver when I asked why he wanted me to check the doorbell.
‘I watched it, and didn’t know whether to vomit or cry.
‘I was absolutely fuming, I just wanted to leave work, but I couldn’t leave.
Seeing your own pet suffer such cruelty—especially when it occurs without any provocation—is upsetting.
Tumble was shaken and cowering in a corner when Mrs. Ferraby and her husband Andrew arrived home from work, but fortunately he showed no signs of injuries.
We did not take him to the veterinarian; instead, Mrs. Ferraby explained, “We examined him, and he rolled over on his back and let you to see his belly and his hair.”
Although he appeared to be in good physical condition, when we got back he was frightened and cowering in a corner.
“He didn’t eat that night, which is not typical of him. He just seemed a little off, which is really understandable.”
After speaking to officials at the delivery firm, Mrs Ferraby has applauded them for responding so fast and dismissing the driver the next day.
The mother of two said, “I shared what occurred on social media, and the sister-in-law of someone I know who runs that depot got me in touch with her that same evening.
“I sent her the video on WhatsApp, and she was embarrassed.”
She said that she would bring up the issue in a meeting with head office the following day.
‘It was on my LinkedIn, which my husband shared, and someone he knows who works in logistics tagged the head of Evri in it, which is how he got in touch with me and required me to email him the video as well.
‘I also tagged Evri in it on my Instagram, so someone from Evri on Instagram contacted me as well.
‘The person who is in charge of our local depot said she would phone me the following day and to be honest, I didn’t believe I would hear from them.
‘But I had a phone call the next day from a lady from head office, saying that they had sacked him.
‘Then the second woman did follow up with me so I cannot blame Evri in the way they’ve handled with it.’
Hermes changed its name to Evri earlier this year after finishing last in Citizens Advice’s league table of delivery companies.
According to an Evri spokesperson, “We have extended an apology and a gesture of goodwill to Mrs. Ferraby.”
We can confirm that the courier will no longer deliver packages on behalf of Evri because of this behaviour, which was “highly unacceptable.”