--- description: The police are searching for a driver who was spotted with cat tied to the hood of the vehicle title: See a Cat on a Leash Riding on a Car's Hood in Ohio image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a8b1b4ff6c8d85/6987850c524fc06f77ded106/150324-cat-on-car-hood-arp-110p_4088e605a5e8175088fa65b3a867fe52-nbcnews-ux-960-600.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See a Cat on a Leash Riding on a Car's Hood in Ohio by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 6:56 PM CUT  A cat is seen secured on the hood of a vehicle with a leash. A cat is seen secured on the hood of a vehicle with a leash.NBC News by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 6:56 PM CUT A photo of a feline perched on the hood of a moving SUV has gone viral, sending Ohio police in search of the catmobile’s driver. While one witness managed to snap a few pictures of the astonishing spectacle Sunday in the city of New Philadelphia, Police Chief Michael Goodwin said no one actually jotted down the car’s license plate. The cat was apparently secured on the hood of the four-door Buick SUV with a leash. “It’s a very bizarre case—unclear if it would violate any animal cruelty laws,” Goodwin told [NBC affiliate WKYC](http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/northeast-ohio/2015/03/23/leashed-cat-causes-concern/70359504/ "undefined"). “It’s the public safety (that’s)… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news/picture-captures-leashed-cat-riding-car-hood-ohio-n329396?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/"},"headline":"See a Cat on a Leash Riding on a Car's Hood in Ohio","datePublished":"2015-03-24T18:56:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:59.484Z","description":"The police are searching for a driver who was spotted with cat tied to the hood of the vehicle","url":"https://time.com/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a8b1b4ff6c8d85/6987850c524fc06f77ded106/150324-cat-on-car-hood-arp-110p_4088e605a5e8175088fa65b3a867fe52-nbcnews-ux-960-600.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a8b1b4ff6c8d85/6987850c524fc06f77ded106/150324-cat-on-car-hood-arp-110p_4088e605a5e8175088fa65b3a867fe52-nbcnews-ux-960-600.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A cat is seen secured on the hood of a vehicle with a leash.","caption":"A cat is seen secured on the hood of a vehicle with a leash.","creditText":"NBC News","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/","name":"See a Cat on a Leash Riding on a Car's Hood in Ohio"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"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.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3756818/leashed-cat-car-hood/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```