How can people do this?

[SeaCat]

Met one of my neighbors today. She was a young lady, obviously in the family way. Oh she was lovely, small and svelt. Her fur was a beautiful black with brown highlights. Fur? Yes she was a female Siamese Cat.

I was outside cutting some wood when I heard some small noises from the bushes edging my yard. When I looked I found her laying there.

It was quite obvious she had been hit by a car, just as it was obvious that her wounds were fatal. Her back was broken. There was nothing I could have done to save her.

When I parted the bushes she mewled at me and licked my hand. From her actions she was just happy to have someone there. Her back was broken just behind her front legs. She had some movement but not much in her front paws. I knelt there and scratched her for a few minutes until she died. The last thing she did was to lay her head in my hand.

To say I am a bit angry at this is being kind. She had a collar on, she was obviously a house cat and a lovely one at that. I am angry because I can't understand how a person could allow this. How could a person in this neighborhood allow their cats to go outside? It is a high traffic area, we live on a main road.

Cat

 

[rgraham666]

Crap.

 

[Guest]

Glad you were with her, Cat.

 

[jomar]

The cat could have sneaked out. My dog used to be creative that way until he got old.

I'm more angered at people who hit the animals. Sometimes it can't be helped. But sometimes...man. I was behind an SUV that ran over a dog. I mean, I was slowing down because the dog was obviously confused and who knew which way it would go, but this guy didn't even slow down. It was at a corner so I turned, stopped and walked back. Before I could get there another van or SUV barreled over the poor thing. There was plenty of room to stop and a light traffic flow. I just don't get it. It sucked.

ETA: what sweetsubsarahh said

 

[SeaCat]

Glad you were with her, Cat.

SSS

I have never backed away from an injured innocent even though this has put me in danger. There is nothing worse than for an innocent to die alone. Yes this does include animals. (Sometimes I think I understand animals better than I do my fellow humans.)

Cat

 

[SeaCat]

The cat could have sneaked out. My dog used to be creative that way until he got old.

I'm more angered at people who hit the animals. Sometimes it can't be helped. But sometimes...man. I was behind an SUV that ran over a dog. I mean, I was slowing down because the dog was obviously confused and who knew which way it would go, but this guy didn't even slow down. It was at a corner so I turned, stopped and walked back. Before I could get there another van or SUV barreled over the poor thing. There was plenty of room to stop and a light traffic flow. I just don't get it. It sucked.

ETA: what sweetsubsarahh said

Jomar,

Yes it is quite possible that she slipped out. I too have seen it often enough to know that it does happen.

Then again I know way too many people who think it is just fine to allow their pets to run free. This is something I can't understand especially in a place like mine.

Cat

 

[starrkers]

Poor little baby. Glad you were there for her.

 

[cloudy]

People are cruel, not only to animals, but to each other.

it's sad.

 

[TE999]

The poor thing.

They are so trusting, even near death.

I don't know if people are cruel, or just stupid and careless when it comes to their pets.

I saw a cat make it across eight lanes of moving traffic into a grassy median strip once.

I often wondered what happened to it after that.

Or why it did it at all?

 

[curiositykitten]

Bless you, Cat - so glad you were there. I'm glad for people like u who care in this world!

 

[Divulgence]

*****

 

[3113]

That's too sad. You're right, people just let their cats out to wander and it makes me angry as I, too, live on a high traffic street. But folk have this idea that cats are outdoor animals and even if there's no yard for them, and even if the street is right there, they'll let them out, somehow thinking that cat will never try to cross that street, and no driver will ever hit them.

Everytime I see a sign posted for a missing cat it hurts.

Today, some lady's dog had either gotten away or, I think, she hadn't even put it on a leash expecting it to stay by her. I saw the dog as I was walking, wandering out into the street. It was still very much a puppy. A car almost hit it. When I got there I called to it and it came back onto the sidewalk. I grabbed it by it's harness. The lady who'd lost it was whistling and hurrying over. As she arrived the woman in the car swung back, and asked if she could drive the lady and her pup back to their house (the woman having no leash on her). I didn't stick around to hear if the lady accepted; but the woman was that worried about the dog getting lose again and out into the street, and it was good to know that someone else cared about the dog enough to make such an offer.