Prank calls to the police can lead to criminal charges for humans, but what if the caller is a dog?
The U.K.'s Thames Valley Police received a 999 emergency call followed by heavy breathing, only to discover, as BBC News puts it, that "the caller was a canine."
The culprit was a two-year-old Belgian Malinois, Leighton. According to his owner, Mary Amos-Cole, Leighton has a history of stealing telephones and setting off her home's alarm system. When the police arrived at her home, Leighton was in Amos-Cole's outdoor garden with the phone in his mouth.
"He's a very naughty dog, but, luckily, we all took it as a bit of a joke," Amos-Cole told BBC News.