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A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear
AP ^ | July 24, 2025 | CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY

Posted on 07/24/2025 4:56:20 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable one-cat crimewave.

His prolific laundry-pinching from clotheslines and bedrooms in the placid beachside neighborhood of Mairangi Bay has turned 15-month-old Leo into a local celebrity and earned him a new moniker. He now goes by Leonardo da Pinchy.

And he’s got expensive taste. His frequent hauls include silk boxer shorts, thick men’s work socks — preferably with clothespins still attached — and in one mortifying episode for his humans, a brand-new 300 New Zealand dollar ($181) cashmere sweater.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; leonardo; newzealand
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

BTTT


21 posted on 07/24/2025 6:50:38 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Danie_2023

Oh, puuullleeeeze! The cat’s obviously no good, and you’re just one of those bleeding heart, soft on crime pinkos! He needs to be sent up the river (after a fair trial), thrown in with the general population, fed baloney sandwiches, and forced to wear pink underwear! 😜


22 posted on 07/24/2025 7:13:44 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sounds like Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer are at it again.


23 posted on 07/24/2025 7:15:38 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover
Sounds like Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer are at it again.

I sometimes call my two orange brother kitties that. They team up and do orange cat things. 😄

24 posted on 07/24/2025 7:19:23 AM PDT by Allegra (Thank you for your attention to this matter. )
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

25 posted on 07/24/2025 7:22:53 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
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To: Flaming Conservative

“”Oh, puuullleeeeze! The cat’s obviously no good, and you’re just one of those bleeding heart, soft on crime pinkos! He needs to be sent up the river (after a fair trial), thrown in with the general population, fed baloney sandwiches, and forced to wear pink underwear!””

It’s not his fault, I tell you. He’s from a broken home and has had a very “rough” time dealing with humanity, which has caused his confusion. We need to start a “go fund me” for him so he can be rehabilitated in the comfort and dignity which he deserves. You’re just an anti-feline! Shame, shame, shame...(bell rings).


26 posted on 07/24/2025 7:27:54 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Danie_2023

Next you’re going to tell me he was brought here as a child, and it’s not his fault! I suppose he’s willing to do the work American cats won’t do? Face it, he’s just a no good rotten cat burglar!


27 posted on 07/24/2025 7:42:48 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

“”Next you’re going to tell me he was brought here as a child, and it’s not his fault! I suppose he’s willing to do the work American cats won’t do? Face it, he’s just a no good rotten cat burglar!””

Your condemnation of this poor, innocent creature is telling. I bet you also hate birds and aardvarks, as well. And he HAS been doing the work American cats won’t do. American cats won’t lift a paw to steal cash. They just won’t touch it! But somebody has to.


28 posted on 07/24/2025 7:53:44 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Danie_2023

Aardvaark lover!


29 posted on 07/24/2025 8:01:59 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

“”Aardvaark lover!””

Undocumented Feline hater!


30 posted on 07/24/2025 8:09:17 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Danie_2023

Fine! We’re just going to have to agree to disagree! There’s no meeting in the middle with someone who is a feline AND bird lover!


31 posted on 07/24/2025 8:17:25 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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“”Fine! We’re just going to have to agree to disagree! There’s no meeting in the middle with someone who is a feline AND bird lover!””

I guess not. But just so you know, I’m reporting you to PETA and to the AFS for the unethical treatment of felines via your inhumane refusal to acknowledge their mental and emotional disabilities through no fault of their own.


32 posted on 07/24/2025 8:22:01 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Danie_2023

They’ll never take me alive! Dirty rotten coppers! I have a cat carrier, and I know how to use it!


33 posted on 07/24/2025 8:25:32 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Flaming Conservative

“”They’ll never take me alive! Dirty rotten coppers! I have a cat carrier, and I know how to use it!””

Thanks for the info. I’m also reporting you as a red-flag risk for that carrier. You’re going to jail.


34 posted on 07/24/2025 8:28:29 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Flaming Conservative

People like you should not be allowed to carry a carrier!


35 posted on 07/24/2025 8:30:30 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He’s a purrvert!


36 posted on 07/24/2025 8:36:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Danie_2023

I know my Constitutional rights! Yes, I have a cat carrier! And I’ll tell you something else -— I have more than one! And I plan on getting more! How d’ya like THEM apples?


37 posted on 07/24/2025 8:38:00 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: libertylover
Or these guys...

Cats with thumbs

Catnapped

38 posted on 07/24/2025 8:39:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Flaming Conservative

“”I know my Constitutional rights! Yes, I have a cat carrier! And I’ll tell you something else -— I have more than one! And I plan on getting more! How d’ya like THEM apples?””

You are treading on thin, illegal ice with that, buddy. I’m thinking that a well-timed subpoena to get your location is in order here. And a SWAT raid to follow, to confiscate all those carriers. My only lament is that I won’t be there to watch it all go down while they drag you from your trailor and haul you off to the hoosegow!


39 posted on 07/24/2025 8:46:46 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Z28.310

I knew a guy in college who stole women’s underwear from clothes lines. Strange.


40 posted on 07/24/2025 8:54:28 AM PDT by ladyjane
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