I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As if geese who aren't hit by cars die pain-free deaths floating away on a morphine drip surrounded by family.
Get over it, people. Wild animals either starve to death, die of disease, or are eaten alive by another animal. The ones who get shot or hit by a car at high speed probably suffer the least. Of course nobody wants an animal to suffer unnecessarily, but you are living in la-la-land if you think this goose somehow had a worse death than any of its brethren.

So that means it’s ok to inflict suffering and walk away? If someone hot your dog they should just leave it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As if geese who aren't hit by cars die pain-free deaths floating away on a morphine drip surrounded by family.
Get over it, people. Wild animals either starve to death, die of disease, or are eaten alive by another animal. The ones who get shot or hit by a car at high speed probably suffer the least. Of course nobody wants an animal to suffer unnecessarily, but you are living in la-la-land if you think this goose somehow had a worse death than any of its brethren.

So that means it’s ok to inflict suffering and walk away? If someone hot your dog they should just leave it?

Wolves and foxes sometimes die horrible deaths. What makes your dog any different, and why can’t I leave it on the curb?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As if geese who aren't hit by cars die pain-free deaths floating away on a morphine drip surrounded by family.
Get over it, people. Wild animals either starve to death, die of disease, or are eaten alive by another animal. The ones who get shot or hit by a car at high speed probably suffer the least. Of course nobody wants an animal to suffer unnecessarily, but you are living in la-la-land if you think this goose somehow had a worse death than any of its brethren.

So that means it’s ok to inflict suffering and walk away? If someone hot your dog they should just leave it?

I said wild animals. Some pets are lucky and get to be euthanized. Other pet lovers "love" their animals so much they allow them to suffer on long beyond what would be kind. I think OP should have called animal control, but that's not even a guarantee that the goose would be put down before it suffered for a long time. The kindest thing would have been to go back and whack the goose in the head with a shovel until it was dead, but then the OP really would have been ridden out on a rail by her "compassionate" neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As if geese who aren't hit by cars die pain-free deaths floating away on a morphine drip surrounded by family.
Get over it, people. Wild animals either starve to death, die of disease, or are eaten alive by another animal. The ones who get shot or hit by a car at high speed probably suffer the least. Of course nobody wants an animal to suffer unnecessarily, but you are living in la-la-land if you think this goose somehow had a worse death than any of its brethren.

So that means it’s ok to inflict suffering and walk away? If someone hot your dog they should just leave it?

I said wild animals. Some pets are lucky and get to be euthanized. Other pet lovers "love" their animals so much they allow them to suffer on long beyond what would be kind. I think OP should have called animal control, but that's not even a guarantee that the goose would be put down before it suffered for a long time. The kindest thing would have been to go back and whack the goose in the head with a shovel until it was dead, but then the OP really would have been ridden out on a rail by her "compassionate" neighbors.

Actually OP’s neighbors might have approved the home-made euthanasia.

Your distinction between pets and wild animals doesn’t make sense. I have a parrot (half-blind before you go off on me) and I know all birds are sentient and seem to have emotions. They can all certainly feel pain. Biologists are moving off the “only humans have feelings” paradigm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As if geese who aren't hit by cars die pain-free deaths floating away on a morphine drip surrounded by family.
Get over it, people. Wild animals either starve to death, die of disease, or are eaten alive by another animal. The ones who get shot or hit by a car at high speed probably suffer the least. Of course nobody wants an animal to suffer unnecessarily, but you are living in la-la-land if you think this goose somehow had a worse death than any of its brethren.

So that means it’s ok to inflict suffering and walk away? If someone hot your dog they should just leave it?

I said wild animals. Some pets are lucky and get to be euthanized. Other pet lovers "love" their animals so much they allow them to suffer on long beyond what would be kind. I think OP should have called animal control, but that's not even a guarantee that the goose would be put down before it suffered for a long time. The kindest thing would have been to go back and whack the goose in the head with a shovel until it was dead, but then the OP really would have been ridden out on a rail by her "compassionate" neighbors.

Actually OP’s neighbors might have approved the home-made euthanasia.

Your distinction between pets and wild animals doesn’t make sense. I have a parrot (half-blind before you go off on me) and I know all birds are sentient and seem to have emotions. They can all certainly feel pain. Biologists are moving off the “only humans have feelings” paradigm.

Where did I say that it doesn't hurt wild animals to die? Of course it hurts! But that's how 99.9 percent of animals (and a good percent of people) die. It's ridiculous to clutch one's pearls as if this particular goose had a worse death than every other goose in the flock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PSA:

In DC you can call animal control and give them the location. They’ll take the animal to City Wildlife in NW DC, up by the Humane Rescue Alliance. City Wildlife will look at it and decide whether to euthanize or rehabilitate. No cost to you in time or $ except for phoning. You can call City Wildlife in a few hours or next day and they’ll tell you what they did.

I did this for a woodcock (an odd-looking migratory bird with a large beak). They told me they euthanized it. They even take pigeons apparently.

I don’t know about Maryland and geese made up by trolls.

In DC, call the Humane Rescue Alliance to pick up your injured animal and take it to City Wildlife (which is just next door to HRA’s buildings): [phone]

I’ve done it and it works. You can call City Wildlife after, if you want, to find out if they’re rehabbing or euthanized it.

[Anonymous]

OP here with an update.

I took a PP’s advice and changed cars with my husband to go to work.
Apparently I do have a NextDoor account with messages now (?) and there are multiple messages of very angry people suggesting I donate to PETA, that I’m responsible for wasting taxpayers dollars since someone called the wildlife number and they came out but didn’t realize the goose already had a burial site, and all sorts of things.
I’m ignoring them.
There is also now a special meeting called by the HOA to deal with the geese and the strong reactions that have come out of this event.

One neighbor went so far as to say she didn’t want to live in a neighborhood where wildlife was being murdered in front of her children... which tells you the extent of the drama now.

I’m continuing to hide out and hope this goes away.

[Anonymous]

^^ I have also obviously shut down my Nexdoor account and will be peeping through a friend’s account.

[Anonymous]

OP here again after reading... what was the outcome of the Lakeland thread someone posted about?
I really think today is going to be the day things get real, since people were seriously up until midnight posting about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update.

I took a PP’s advice and changed cars with my husband to go to work.
Apparently I do have a NextDoor account with messages now (?) and there are multiple messages of very angry people suggesting I donate to PETA, that I’m responsible for wasting taxpayers dollars since someone called the wildlife number and they came out but didn’t realize the goose already had a burial site, and all sorts of things.
I’m ignoring them.
There is also now a special meeting called by the HOA to deal with the geese and the strong reactions that have come out of this event.

One neighbor went so far as to say she didn’t want to live in a neighborhood where wildlife was being murdered in front of her children... which tells you the extent of the drama now.

I’m continuing to hide out and hope this goes away.

Did you steal this from the Lakeland listserve?

[Anonymous]

I hate cats. But would I hit one and leave it to die in pain? Of course not. You people are whack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update.

I took a PP’s advice and changed cars with my husband to go to work.
Apparently I do have a NextDoor account with messages now (?) and there are multiple messages of very angry people suggesting I donate to PETA, that I’m responsible for wasting taxpayers dollars since someone called the wildlife number and they came out but didn’t realize the goose already had a burial site, and all sorts of things.
I’m ignoring them.
There is also now a special meeting called by the HOA to deal with the geese and the strong reactions that have come out of this event.

One neighbor went so far as to say she didn’t want to live in a neighborhood where wildlife was being murdered in front of her children... which tells you the extent of the drama now.

I’m continuing to hide out and hope this goes away.

What would be the worst thing that could happen if you came clean and Took responsibility for running over the goose? Do you think people would back off?

Personally, I think people are upset that you ran over the days but I think what upsets people more is the implication that you are an irresponsible driver, impatient and a risky driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update.

I took a PP’s advice and changed cars with my husband to go to work.
Apparently I do have a NextDoor account with messages now (?) and there are multiple messages of very angry people suggesting I donate to PETA, that I’m responsible for wasting taxpayers dollars since someone called the wildlife number and they came out but didn’t realize the goose already had a burial site, and all sorts of things.
I’m ignoring them.
There is also now a special meeting called by the HOA to deal with the geese and the strong reactions that have come out of this event.

One neighbor went so far as to say she didn’t want to live in a neighborhood where wildlife was being murdered in front of her children... which tells you the extent of the drama now.

I’m continuing to hide out and hope this goes away.

OP always shows up when the thread is going south, to stir the pot some more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here again after reading... what was the outcome of the Lakeland thread someone posted about?
I really think today is going to be the day things get real, since people were seriously up until midnight posting about this.

What neighborhood are you in?

[Anonymous]

Hiding out solves nothing and is probably making it worse. Laughing about it on DCUM definitely makes it worse if someone from your HOA is on here.

Ya kno w, a tiny shred of remorse would go along way, here and with your HOA.

Something along the lines of, “I’m heartbroken I killed a living creature (in other words, you need to lie), whatever we think about geese. I thought it was dead (another lie). I didn’t realize I could have called animal control (lying again) but thanks for pointing that out and I’ll definitely do that if it happens again, which I really hope it won’t.”

That is, if you care about being invited to the Christmas ornament exchange, which sure sounds like you made it up, or the 4th of July party. If not, keep doing what you’re doing.