A game of cat and mouse has been captured in a series of striking images as the pair battle it out on a shed rooftop like a real life version of much-loved cartoon duo Tom and Jerry . It is an age-old rivalry that rarely ends well for one of its parties and so it proved in this remarkable set of photos . The snaps of a cat playing with a mouse on a roof in Shepton Mallet , Somerset , illustrate the perils the tiny rodents face in the town . Ironically the pet cat 's name is Mouse . Unfortunately for this mouse that 's where all similarities between the moggy and its namesakes end . The pictures were taken by the cat 's owner Jason Bryant who confirmed the inevitable outcome of the encounter . 'My cat is a very good mouser , ' he said . 'She 's done it before . She often brings them into the house at 3am and then I can rescue them . But she took this poor little thing on to the shed roof where I could n't reach it . ' Ready to pounce : The mouse flies through the air as its feline nemesis looks to bring it back down to earth with a bang . Eeek : A mouse tries to escape the clutches of a pet cat named Mouse as the pair engage in the age-old game of cat and mouse . In flight : The mouse , unable to evade its moggy hunter , is thrown into the air on the roof of a shed in Shepton Mallet in Somerset . Somersaulting away : The snaps illustrate the perils that tiny rodents face in the town with cats like Mouse around . Cartoon characters : The pair battle it out on a rooftop like a real life version of much-loved cartoon duo Tom and Jerry . Let 's play : The pictures were taken by the cat 's owner Jason Bryant who confirmed the inevitable outcome of the encounter . Reaching out : The mouse is flung high in the sky as it finally admits defeat in the game of cat and mouse .
Age-old game of cat and mouse is brought to life in these quirky pictures taken in Shepton Mallet in Somerset . The picture shows a man who has been caught up in the cat-and-mouse game, with his hands tied behind his back as he lies on the ground surrounded by police officers.