Yes, cats do steal. Socks seem to be particularly attractive- but often only one of a pair is purloined. above via I CAN HAS CHEEZEBURGER Hmmm... I think the kitty was looking for the socks, to no avail- Human says: After 5 days at home, my 2 months old new cat just found out how to steal socks. More about sock-stealing cats here: Cat thieves (aka kleptocats)- the silent epidemic

Little tiny Brazilian cat steals chicken. This kitty had a plan. First try, no. Steps back to reconsider. Second try, 5.7 of 6 for technical merit, 5.0 of 6 for artistic impression in the Cat Olympics. Pretty darn good. But not up to the Torvill and Dean standard. But, that was ice dancing, not chicken stealing. Hard for a tiny kitty to dance with a dead chicken. Comment from Michael: I love this cat (and chicken). But is this a purebred cat? Not sure, but it is clearly a pointed cat with fur that is not Siamese fur. The pointing is blue ( grey ) and solid (not tabby pointing). As the fur is longer than for a Siamese , if this is a purebred this little gutsy charmer could be a Ragdoll or Ragdoll mix. Or a plain old but gorgeous, moggie. Direct link is here Direct link is here Nine judges- Technical merit- 6.0 from three, 5.9 from six. Artistic impression- 6.0 from all judges. This was record-breaking. Have I mentioned that the week-long 2009 World Figure Skating Championships...

A lilac point Siamese cat is caught on video stealing kitty treats from the cabinet. And, he knows he is guilty as all get-out! Looking over his shoulder and checking repeatedly for the human, once he opens the cabinet door. Siamese are among the smartest cats apparently. I don't know if they have a moral conscience, but this cat KNOWS that what he is doing is not on the "approved list". ;) Direct link is here I read through the YT comments, and found that the human says: "He is a lilac point traditional (apple head) Siamese". I don't know Siamese, and I don't know about the color pointing thing- so I was at first trying to guess what type of Siamese he was, and then his color. But, the human cleared this up. Here's a sweet flickr photo of two lilac point kittens from seemster . (CC license allows sharing.) Michael over at "Pictures of Cats" has many many pages discussing the Siamese cat- including the "cat fights" over t...

Only a few brave Humans are willing to go public with this information. But yes, there are cats who steal. I call them "kleptocats". There is accumulating evidence that socks are a top target. Direct link is here And this from a site that has tracked the kleptocat problem. Snippet: ~~`"I own a cat burglar, he goes into peoples' homes and steals things," Miss Peacock said. "It's an anxiety thing. He wants to please me by bringing me home presents." The oriental bi-colour cat steals at least one thing a day and has a fetish for socks. "His specialty is socks. He'll bring home one and go back to get the other. We have lots of pairs but it's really embarrassing as it's not just one a day, it was up to five or six!" Dandelion has expanded his collection to shoes, clothes, toys, purses, gloves, knickers, rags, pin cushions, sunhats, jewellery and much more. The clothesline is no barrier to Dandelion as he brings back clothes ...

My YouTube research reveals that cats like to eat tomatoes. This is the best of the bunch, so far. And, nice music too! Direct link is here (1:45) Human says: "The story of one cat and a tomato"

I happened to remember this from my kitteh memory bank: Photo caption: Willy, a 1-year-old cat is photographed, July 20, 2006, with a display of several pairs of garden gloves that he took from unknown yards in his neighborhood in Pelham, N.Y. Willy has brought home nine pairs of gloves and five singles over several weeks laying them on his owners' front or back porches. Sign says: "Our cat is a glove snatcher. Please take these if yours." I enlarged and Photoshopped the sign earlier, as seen here . Here are two different links to the original article- Cat burglar steals garden-gloves and Feline felon suspected in glove thefts . Must read for any kitteh lover. That set me on course to do some YouTube delving. And, I found another kitteh glove stealer. Human says in caption: Bartleby is a strange cat, he just can't get enough of my gloves. He steals them from me and eats the tops of the fingers. This YouTube is longer than the ones I usually post- 3:45 - but I...