I have luckily never posted here before yesterday, and here I am again. Fortunately, not for one of my pets again, but rather for an unlucky kitty in NC, whom my friend helped cross the RB.
From her blog:
[Friend's bf] and I helped a cat pass on to the next world without having to be smushed under numerous cars. As [Friend's bf] and I drove the final hundred yards to our house last night we caught a glimpse of a cat laying in the gutter on a 55mph highway.
We pulled off as quickly as possible and ran to him and pulled him out of the road, only to find that he was so badly damaged he didn't have a chance.
so we sat with him for an hour, in belief that someone was on their way to put him down, and no one came. so we spent some time on the phone with the police department, to realize there was no chance they were going to come to our aid, but would at least tell us were the closest emergency vet clinic was.
We ran home grabbed some garbage bags and picked him up, he screamed in pain because his ribs were broken, and eased him into the car. I held him steady for the ride to the vet. And we finally got him to rest around 10pm after finding him at about 8.
Complete damage: his faced was smashed and blood filled his right eye and was coming out of his mouth and nose. He had numerous broken ribs and his back legs weren't moving.
At least he wasn't alone or right next to cars flying by in his last moments.
I know it's hard not to hit an animal that runs out in front of you as you are driving, it would be worse to get in a car accident. I still wish there were more humane acts occurring, such as checking to see that the animal is dead and once and animal is in the road that a service or someone pulls it out of the road so it isn't desecrated under hundreds of tires, it's body being spread over the whole road.
A few days ago, I was at a local street festival, where our local Humane Society had a booth. As I walked past, an older woman behind me said to her friend "God Bless people who help animals". I sincerely hope this is true.
From her blog:
[Friend's bf] and I helped a cat pass on to the next world without having to be smushed under numerous cars. As [Friend's bf] and I drove the final hundred yards to our house last night we caught a glimpse of a cat laying in the gutter on a 55mph highway.
We pulled off as quickly as possible and ran to him and pulled him out of the road, only to find that he was so badly damaged he didn't have a chance.
so we sat with him for an hour, in belief that someone was on their way to put him down, and no one came. so we spent some time on the phone with the police department, to realize there was no chance they were going to come to our aid, but would at least tell us were the closest emergency vet clinic was.
We ran home grabbed some garbage bags and picked him up, he screamed in pain because his ribs were broken, and eased him into the car. I held him steady for the ride to the vet. And we finally got him to rest around 10pm after finding him at about 8.
Complete damage: his faced was smashed and blood filled his right eye and was coming out of his mouth and nose. He had numerous broken ribs and his back legs weren't moving.
At least he wasn't alone or right next to cars flying by in his last moments.
I know it's hard not to hit an animal that runs out in front of you as you are driving, it would be worse to get in a car accident. I still wish there were more humane acts occurring, such as checking to see that the animal is dead and once and animal is in the road that a service or someone pulls it out of the road so it isn't desecrated under hundreds of tires, it's body being spread over the whole road.
A few days ago, I was at a local street festival, where our local Humane Society had a booth. As I walked past, an older woman behind me said to her friend "God Bless people who help animals". I sincerely hope this is true.
