Seeing an animal get hit does shock you. Unfortunately I've seen more than a few. The worst was driving down the interstate and two police were pulled over to cull a dear who had been too injured to make it out of the 4 lanes. It was thrashing about in the median and as I drove by I witnessed the policeman train his gun on the poor dear and fire. It was the most humane thing to do to it, as it was suffering from it's hind legs being broken, but It left a image in my mind I will never forget. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by joedraper from Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:49:43 PM)
joedraper wrote:
I saw the most horrible thing today: We were on our travels to get some stuff done, anwyays. As we were driving (Craig was driving) I was looking down at something when Craig swerved sharply and as I looked up I saw a cat had been hit on the freeway. He swerved to miss it but it had already been hit at high speed by the car before us. We were in the fast lane.
Truly the most horrible thing I've ever seen. I've seen roadkill before but never an actual incident taking place. The poor cat looked so shocked. Craig tried to put my mind at ease by saying that the cars behind us had definitely gone over it so it died fast. If he wasn't with me I would have probably done something stupid like stopped and tried to pick it up and save it or something. Not that it ever stood a chance.
I feel so traumatized by this. I love all animals but I'm a cat person especially. I keep seeing the little thing's face in my mind. Poor baby. I hate this.
