Miska the cat has been cited by authorities 30 times over the course of her life (Picture: WNEP)

A tabby cat is believed to be America’s baddest kitty after getting in trouble with police 30 times.

Miska, a ten-year-old brown Tabby cat, has been fined, put in kitty jail, and even threatened with deportation, as well as euthanasia, over claims she is a ‘vicious animal at large.’

The adorable kitty – who has been photographed pulling what appears to be the feline equivalent of a smirk – is now the center of a legal battle between her owner and a former animal control manager in Bellevue, Washington.

Her case is being overseen by four prosecutors, after she was found to be responsible for 30 of all 50 complaints about cats made to police in her home state of King County, Washington, over the last decade.




Stressed owner Anna Danieli claims that one of their neighbors – former animal control manager Gene Mueller, is targeting their beloved pet for ‘crimes’ as petty as trespassing.

Many of Miska’s infractions are for being a ‘vicious animal at large’ and trespassing (Picture: WNEP)

Mueller signed a complaint form filed by another neighbor back in 2017 when Miska was locked up in King County’s ‘kitty jail’ for several months. She was later reunited with her family, after they were warned she faced being put to sleep or sent out of the country.

In the wake of Miska’s incarceration, Danieli hired an attorney, Jon Zimmerman, who filed a lawsuit against Regional Animal Services (RASKC), Mueller, and other city officials.

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The lawsuit alleged that Mueller ‘pursued Miska like no other cat in Bellvue and King County,’ unfairly targeting the cat as a ‘vicious,’ trespassing animal.

Zimmerman told Fox 6: ‘The government is willing to spend incredible taxpayer resources to engage in this to the point where they’ve actually assigned four prosecutors to this case.’

Miska began her troubles with the law in 2014, when she received the first violation at the hands of Mueller, the lawsuit said.

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According to the lawsuit: ‘In pursuit of his desire to separate Miska from Danieli and Miska’s family, Manager Mueller signed an order to have Miska euthanized or deported from King County.’

Danieli appealed the order in court and the case was later vacated in King County Superior Court – but Mueller did not relent, the lawsuit claims.

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‘While she was fighting for Miska in Superior Court, Manager Mueller was continuing to take official action against Danieli and Miska based on his own personal vendetta by filing his own complaints against Miska as one of Danieli’s neighbors,’ Zimmerman wrote.

When Miska was locked up in 2017, Danieli was denied visitation rights as her cat was kept in solitary confinement.

‘Danieli felt she was in a hostage situation because she continued to suffer during RASKC’s imposed family separation,’ said the lawsuit.

In 2017, Miska was locked up for months in solitary confinement (Picture: WNEP)

Now, Miska’s owner is suing for all the cat’s charges to be voided by a judge. The lawsuit also asks for animal control to remove their determination that Miska is ‘vicious.’

Kathleen Rollock, a neighbor familiar with the cat and Danieli, said Miska is ‘friendly with my dog. It’s friendly with people.’

She continue: ‘It’s just gotten too far and I feel very bad for the family because it’s a beloved pet.’

Has your pet been in more trouble than Miska? We’d love to hear from you! Contact jacob.geanous@metro.co.uk, or call our New York City newsdesk on (+1) 212-4029-055