--- title: Man Calls Police Because Cat Ate Bacon description: West Yorkshire Police says a man called 999 because a cat belonging to his girlfriend ate his bacon and demands they be arrested. canonical: https://time.com/3980262/999-call-girlfriend-cat-bacon/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-31T16:09:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:44.695Z og:title: Man Calls Police Because Cat Ate Bacon og:description: West Yorkshire Police says a man called 999 because a cat belonging to his girlfriend ate his bacon and demands they be arrested. og:url: https://time.com/3980262/999-call-girlfriend-cat-bacon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Calls Police Because Cat Ate Bacon twitter:description: West Yorkshire Police says a man called 999 because a cat belonging to his girlfriend ate his bacon and demands they be arrested. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Man Called the Police Because His Girlfriend's Cat Ate All the Bacon ## Video: Inside New York's First Cat Cafe [Watch (HLS stream): Inside New York's First Cat Cafe](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2014-12-12. Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 31, 2015 4:09 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 31, 2015 4:09 PM UTC A man wanted to press charges against his girlfriend and her cat because she let the feline eat his bacon, according to audio of an emergency call released this week by the [West Yorkshire Police](http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/listen-cat-ate-my-bacon-noisy-washing-machine-and-other-outlandish-999-calls-made-to-west-yorkshire-police-1-7383265). During the call, the operator calmly explained, “It’s not a criminal offense to let a cat eat your bacon, okay? And we don’t arrest cats. I’m very sorry.” The authorities shared the audio with the [Yorkshire Evening Post](http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/listen-cat-ate-my-bacon-noisy-washing-machine-and-other-outlandish-999-calls-made-to-west-yorkshire-police-1-7383265) to show the public how much time is taken up by non-urgent phone calls, from complaints about expired food at the grocery store to a question about how to get a pigeon out of the house. ### Black Cat Audition, 1961  Caption from LIFE. Who's afraid of all these black cats? Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961. Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  A lone white cat, out of place auditioning for a role in The Black Cat. 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