On August 13, 2009 a Pierre, South Dakota policeman had stopped Patricia Edwards as she was backing out of a parking spot. Edwards was living out of the car with fifteen cats and all of her personal belongings. The officer at the scene ordered the pets impounded and the court later denied Edwards’ request to take the cats home on the grounds that she presented no plan to pay for the costs of their care. Edwards appealed this ruling but the court insisted that driving with a large number of cats in one’s automobile presents an imminent public threat.  In fact, there were so many cats in the car, Edwards failed to see the patrol car behind her and nearly backed into it!  Edwards’ attorney argued that the state provides no authority for the notion that animals traveling in a vehicle must be confined to kennels. For complete story click HERE.