Mail Carrier Pepper-Spray Cat in the incident caught on the camera

A postal carrier was caught on the camera who sprayed an older cat with what seemed to be pepperspray – but he denied it.

The carrier, an employee of the US Postal Service (USPS), delivered mail in Rancho Cordova, California, on Monday July 28, when Chris Commander’s Cat Xena sat outside her home, as she often does, as per according to Sacramento Bee. What the carrier did the next shocked commander, 35, to his core.

Instead of pet the 15-year-old cat, as other postal carriers usually do, the man seemed to spray Xena with pepper spray and the entire event was caught on the camera, with master who looked live, according to the newspaper.

The e-mail carrier backed away from the turtle cat, which stood next to the road leading up to the front door and said: “Get F–from here”, the pictures, obtained by Sacramento Beeshows. Then, despite no reaction from Xena, which was completely mobile, the wearer took a spray bottle from his bag and continued to spray fluid at the cat.

Xena then screamed across the road and away from the carrier, as he repeated: “Get F — from here” and began to approach the door. However, he decided on it, but instead left without dropping off the post. (He left it on the hood of a car, told the commander Sacramento Bee.)

When the incident developed around 7 o’clock local time, the commander – an owner of two dogs and four cats – sat in his living room when he heard one of his dogs bark near his front door, he remembers Sacramento Bee. Curious, he decided to look at his ring door clock camera live stream and continued to witness the postal carrier spray his oldest cat, seemingly unprovocated.

The resident of Rancho Cordova told the newspaper that he immediately stood up to confront the USPS transporter, who was already in his vehicle. Despite evidence of the opposite, he denied spraying the cat.

“I asked him right away,” did you spray my cat? “He denied it. And then he said something that he himself is a cat lover Sacramento Bee.

When he returned home, the proud pet owner Xena found covered what he described for the newspaper as an oily, strong smelling substance. He was worried that the spraying may have left the older cat with breathing problems, especially considering her age, but she seemed undamaged and “in a good mood,” he said.

“I didn’t know I had to be worried about this,” told the commander Sacramento Bee. “I just can’t understand how this even happened, to be honest.”

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After his confrontation was fulfilled with denial, the pet owner left a formal complaint to the USPS. The institution is aware of the incident, as USPS spokesman Meiko S. Patton said is currently under review in a statement obtained by Sacramento Bee.

“The US postal service holds its employees to high executive standards, and all measures that violate these values are seriously taken. We are currently reviewing this incident and will take appropriate measures based on the results to ensure adaptation to our commitment to privacy and professionalism,” said Patton.

While Xena is okay, her owner still wants answers. “I don’t see why you would spray a cat who just wanted to be pets,” said the commander CBS News Sacramento.

“It was just frustrating,” the owner, “and a bit sad to see it.”