SEEING the story about the cat attack (August 24), one wonders what the three-year-old boy might have done to the cat? Should the headline read "Cat defends itself against boy"? I've seen what small children do to animals and this should be borne in mind by parents when leaving children to their own devices.

Claire Sansford,

Lycett Road, York.

Updated: 09:57 Monday, August 27, 2001