Move over human criminals, 2025 was the year America’s animals said “hold my stolen strawberry ice cream” and went full Bonnie and Clyde. We had a foster cat seasoning dinner with fresh mouse, a dog that committed actual arson by chewing a battery, a bear pulling an ice-cream heist, a deer doing dine-and-dash through a school window, and a raccoon that got blackout drunk on Fireball in a liquor store. Somewhere, a police sketch artist is furiously trying to draw paws.

Furry felons: 5 true stories of creature crime