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by **twinkle** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:02 am

On the way to work this morning I came across a cat that had been hit by a car but was still alive. The poor things was trying to get up but due to its head injuries and obvious pain couldn't move. I stopped the car and contacted my vet who told me to bring the cat into his surgery. The cat let out a piercing squeal as i picked it up and put it in the car. There was so much blood everywhere I was surprised it was still alive but it was fighting hard. The vet said that unfortunately its windpipe had broken and there was alot of internal injury. He had to put it to sleep.

It was awful and really upset me.

My point is, someone hit the animal and yet drove off? They probably have damage to their car but didn't even think of stopping to check on the poor cat. Are we STILL a nation that is so heartless? This cat was someone's pet, a living creature and someone just didn't give a shit!

by **stuff** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:05 am

well..you are in cyprus ..!bad drivers...

by **twinkle** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:07 am

stuff wrote:well..you are in cyprus ..!bad drivers...

would they drive off if they'd hit a person?

by **stuff** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:17 am

twinkle wrote:
stuff wrote:well..you are in cyprus ..!bad drivers...

would they drive off if they'd hit a person?

you never know twinkle ..if they drive off when they hit a cat ..ı say it is likely that they can drive off ...

by **little sugar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:22 am

Its sad, but some people think cats are a waste of space, I feel for you, being a cat lover I can understand how distressing it must of been. I hope your day gets better.

Regards
LS

by **twinkle** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:30 am

Thanks Little Sugar. I also sent you a PM.

It's a cruel world.

by **Sotos** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:17 pm

Thats a bad story. One of my cats died in this way when I was child. The car hit it and it was still alive when we found her on the pavement.

by **twinkle** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:30 pm

Wasn't even my cat and I was in a right old state. Sorry to hear about that. Pets are part of the family.

by **TheCabbie** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:01 pm

My son is an avid animal lover and was confronted by the same situation, but the cats side had been torn and organs were visible, he knelt down and spoke gently to the cat and then broke it's neck putting it out of it's misery, he was 12 at the time and I must admit it shocked me but with hindsight it was the best thing to do, the crowd of watchers who were gawping at the poor thing for the 10 minutes since the accident were suddenly in tears and full of advice as to what should have been done....

by **VEX8** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:04 pm

I know others consider us soft for anthropomorphizing animals and especially our pets but i consider the way we treat animals a test of civilisation.

Of course some animals a bred solely for our benifit but there is no place in a 'civilized society' for animal cruelty.
There is no place for instance for veal, the torture of an innocent creature to please our stomaches is disgracefull and there is no need for it.

Now i know someone is going to repond with 'what about beef, pork chicken etc etc' and i hold my hands up to being an omnivore but as long as i can believe that the animal i am eating was kept in humane conditions and humanely killed i have no problems.

And i personally applaud the cabbies son for his humane treatment of an obviously suffering creature. There was no malice in his actions, he just saw a way to ease the poor creatures pain and was brave enough to do what needed to be done. Who amongst us could claim to be able to do that?

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