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missperky
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I try to avoid hitting an animal, but sometimes you can't.
Sry about the kitty.
Sry about the kitty.
migtig said:I cried all day the other day cause I hit a squirrel. It was unavoidable. I can't imagine how I would have felt if I had hit somebody's pet.to you Ink!
I don't get those creatures. They run across the street, see a car, stop and turn around. If they would have kept going, they would have been just fine.
Ink,
Sorry about the kitty. It might have just been an accident.
teverheart2002
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Pandora said:I don't get those creatures. They run across the street, see a car, stop and turn around. If they would have kept going, they would have been just fine.
Ink,
Sorry about the kitty. It might have just been an accident.
Sorry to hear this.
Animals4Life
New Member
cattitude said:
That is very touching. I actually stopped a few months ago when about the 10th car in front of me hit a beagle on 235 and all the other cars behind that car just swerved around the dog and kept going. Not one person even hit their brakes but I stopped in heels and all, I mean how can anyone just keep going? So inconsiderate. I also stopped a few weeks ago on Indian Bridge to let a skunk waddle across the road, it was 3:30 in the afternoon and some *ickhead behind me blew the horn and tried to go around me but could not because the car that was coming the other way also stopped to let the skunk cross. What an *** and of course he road my *** the rest of the way just to prove a point I guess.
Animals4Life
New Member
Inkpen said:
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
Animals4Life said:
There's a house close to where I live that seems to be a dump off for cats/kittens. Over the years the lady has fed them and I get used to seeing certain ones. Orange Kitty was dead by the side of the road one day...and I was
I took my youngest son and we removed him from the road and burried him. But...I'm an animal nutty.
SouthernMdRocks
R.I.P. Bobo, We miss you!
cattitude said:There's a house close to where I live that seems to be a dump off for cats/kittens. Over the years the lady has fed them and I get used to seeing certain ones. Orange Kitty was dead by the side of the road one day...and I was
But...I'm an animal nutty.
That's the best kind of nutty
, wish someone would have been as considerate when our kitty got hit.
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Inkpen
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Thank you all for your kind remarks.
I buried Scooter in my garden area near the tree she would sleep under.
I think she knew she was cared for by her "fluffing" her purringa dn the trust she showed.
I have stopped many times to remove road kill for 2 reasons:
One: it is the human/ compassionate thing to do..it was someones pet perhaps..and
Two: So that another animal does not get killed eating the road kill.
I work with wildlife as a rehabilitor.
I stop, take out my plastic snow shovel and remove the animal from the road way and pitch it to the shoulder. ( If possible).
Otherwise it goes in a plastic trash bag and gets pitched into the woods later to provide a meal to the critters.
Opossums eat dead animals, and their reflexes are poor and slow and often get hit and killed when eating road kill.
If a opossum, is a recent hit, I check to see if it has a pouch and if there are babies in there.
Baby opossums can live for 48 hours in a dead mommas pouch.
We can save some of them, others we can give a humane death to instead of them starving in a cold pouch.
I dont recommend everyone do this, some drivers go out of their way to hit animals. Turtles seem to be a favorite, sadly.
But give animals a brake, and remember, they were here long before the paved roads were.
Thanks again for the kind replies, it is appreciated.
I buried Scooter in my garden area near the tree she would sleep under.
I think she knew she was cared for by her "fluffing" her purringa dn the trust she showed.
I have stopped many times to remove road kill for 2 reasons:
One: it is the human/ compassionate thing to do..it was someones pet perhaps..and
Two: So that another animal does not get killed eating the road kill.
I work with wildlife as a rehabilitor.
I stop, take out my plastic snow shovel and remove the animal from the road way and pitch it to the shoulder. ( If possible).
Otherwise it goes in a plastic trash bag and gets pitched into the woods later to provide a meal to the critters.
Opossums eat dead animals, and their reflexes are poor and slow and often get hit and killed when eating road kill.
If a opossum, is a recent hit, I check to see if it has a pouch and if there are babies in there.
Baby opossums can live for 48 hours in a dead mommas pouch.
We can save some of them, others we can give a humane death to instead of them starving in a cold pouch.
I dont recommend everyone do this, some drivers go out of their way to hit animals. Turtles seem to be a favorite, sadly.
But give animals a brake, and remember, they were here long before the paved roads were.
Thanks again for the kind replies, it is appreciated.
kwillia
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When I was a kid... my mom pulled over when she saw something crawling on a roadkill possum. It was a 2 1/2 inch baby. There were only two still alive. One died within hours but the other one we successfully raised to adulthood. We had to teach him to catch crickets and such as he grew. He was awesome. Once we were satisfied he would be able to fend for himself, we turned him loose at a local wildlife refuge. The lady was quite impressed with how huge and hansome he was and said he was most likely going to be the king possum. I often think of him and wonder how he made out.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
migtig said:I cried all day the other day cause I hit a squirrel. It was unavoidable. I can't imagine how I would have felt if I had hit somebody's pet.
I drove by a squirrel on the side of the road this morning that had been hit by a car. More likely, the critter darted in front of it, as animals have an inclination to do. Anyway, the squirrel was still alive, and appeared to have it's back broken because it couldn't move the back portion of it's body.
Am I a bad person because I didn't stop and rescue it? Or, am I a bad person because I didn't run over it again and put it out of it's misery?
kwillia
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You are right... there is no "right" answer. It is a choice left up to the individual. Take me for example, though I was raised fostering animals, frequenting nature centers, nurturing the injured and sick, etc. and do love animals. I don't feel guilty if I pass up a dying squirrel such as Elaine described. And as much love as I have for Possum (the one we raised to adulthood) I would not stop and rescue a baby possum today should I happen upon the same situation my mom did years ago.cattitude said:
Everyone has their own way of dealing with the magnitude of humans and animals that need rescuing. Some feel compeled to try to save each and everyone they happen upon. Others chose to distance themselves from the emotional, physical and financial involvement. Some don't give a flying frip. Each to their own.
kwillia
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Yep. I'll never forget the day my sister was brave enough to smoosh the head of a baby bunny that was still alive but mortally maimed by our cat. It was the bravest thing I think I'd ever seen her do. To this day I don't know if I could have brought myself to do it had she not been there to get it done.elaine said: