--- description: Cat burglar steals underwear in New Zealand title: Actual Cat Burglar Caught With Men's Underwear image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Actual Cat Burglar Caught With Men's Underwear  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 21, 2016 3:16 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 21, 2016 3:16 PM CUT A six-year-old Tonkinese cat in Hamilton, New Zealand has been bringing home underwear—60 men’s socks and about a dozen briefs—presumably during nightly prowls. Owner Sarah Nathan told Kiwi news site [Stuff](http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/78069049/hamilton-cat-burglar-nabs-neighbours-undies-in-the-night "undefined") and the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35859813 "undefined") that she discovered her pet’s hobby while packing for a move and claims to have put up fliers in her area, urging neighbors to contact her if they are missing anything. She [told ABC Online](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-21/cat-burglar-stealing-men's-underwear-in-new-zealand/7262330 "undefined") that she suspects the cat built her collection by ripping the undergarments off clotheslines. A Facebook photo of the animal and its collection has racked up nearly 2,000 likes and more than 650 shares since it was first uploaded on March 18. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4265808/cat-underwear-burglar-new-zealand/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4265808/cat-underwear-burglar-new-zealand/"},"headline":"Actual Cat Burglar Caught With Men's Underwear","datePublished":"2016-03-21T15:16:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:01.278Z","description":"Fur real","url":"https://time.com/4265808/cat-underwear-burglar-new-zealand/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4265808/cat-underwear-burglar-new-zealand/","name":"Actual Cat Burglar Caught With Men's Underwear"}}]}] ```