I think I made the right decision..

Originally Posted by Fiery

So an evening or two ago, my boyfriend and I were driving home when we noticed a bunny crouched at the side of the road. People kept stopping to look at it, so we did too, and it was still very much alive and obviously had been hit by a car.

I think it's pelvis was shattered, and there was a gash (strangely not bloody) on its leg. In spite of everyone stopping to gawk, it just sat there, eyes half shut, breathing.

So we made the decision to bring him to the 24 hour emergency vet and have him euthanized... When cars drove by it tried to hop away, but it ended up just flopping around on the ground.. It didn't even struggle or try to get away when we picked him up with a towel and put him in the box to carry him.
Ugh.. I think I made the right decision. I think it was better than being hit by a car or eaten by one of the many raccoons around there, but.. I don't know. I tried to imagine being the bunny and just broke down. -.- It was not a fun night.

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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley

I also think you made the right decision. Things about animals are very important to me and I remember being a boy of about 7 and I stepped on one of the baby chicks roaming in our back yard and well, squashed it. It was already dead so I had no decision to make and that bothered me so much growing up as a teen. Then I got my own car and drove from Seattle to San Diego through deer country. Well, I hit a deer on a curve and could see how much pain it was in, thrashing about and then I did something I never thought I would be able to do, I went to my car and got my Swiss army pocket knife and I slit his throat, ending his suffering.

This is forty years later and I cannot help but to think about that night. There was no way that deer was going to survive and I ended who knows much time of suffering before I killed him. I think about that night from time to time and I know I did the right thing but it was the hardest decision I have ever made.

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Originally Posted by Fiery

So an evening or two ago, my boyfriend and I were driving home when we noticed a bunny crouched at the side of the road. People kept stopping to look at it, so we did too, and it was still very much alive and obviously had been hit by a car.

I think it's pelvis was shattered, and there was a gash (strangely not bloody) on its leg. In spite of everyone stopping to gawk, it just sat there, eyes half shut, breathing.

So we made the decision to bring him to the 24 hour emergency vet and have him euthanized... When cars drove by it tried to hop away, but it ended up just flopping around on the ground.. It didn't even struggle or try to get away when we picked him up with a towel and put him in the box to carry him.

Ugh.. I think I made the right decision. I think it was better than being hit by a car or eaten by one of the many raccoons around there, but.. I don't know. I tried to imagine being the bunny and just broke down. -.- It was not a fun night.

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