I hit a goose and now my neighborhood is at war

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I'm wondering if the idiotic poster who said she would get out of her car to assess whether to cal rehab stat or dead animal removal really thinks that there is some city or county paramedic service just ready to come STAT to get an injured will animal and medi vac it out for emergency treatment. Seriously, it is a goose. No one cares other than loonies.


Actually there are groups like this. In DC it’s called the Humane Rescue Alliance and when I called them they came within an hour and took a bird that had struck a window to City Wildlife for rehabbing.

OMG what a ridiculous waste of time of energy.

Animal cruelty clickbait to get attention... you’re the ridiculous waste of time and energy. You’re pointless.

Pot meet kettle.

[Anonymous]

I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:In MoCo you are supposed to call animal control to investigate if you hit or injure wildlife.

I hit a deer in Potomac ... called animal control ... police officer showed up and shot it in the head with his service revolver.

I think I drove past this! Was surprised.

Why? Were you expecting him to do CPR?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

Huh? Of course you can leave a dead animal in the road. I'm not getting out of my car to drag some wild animal carcass to the curb. Or what, put it in my car and drive it to the dump? You must be kidding.

--someone who has never run anything over

A Canada goose has a 4 ft wingspan. It's not a squirrel. If you hit an animal that big and are not willing to clean it up yourself, you need to call the city to have it cleaned up. That's common sense. OP's language (saying she was tracked down by license plate) makes me think she did neither. I'd be pissed as a neighbor too, and not because the world is running out of geese.

Let the foxes have a meal. Better they eat the dying/dead goose than fido. That's the circle of life!

It that’s part of the problem. If this was broad daylight, Fido will get to the body before the foxes at night.

Foxes are diurnal. So one might have snuck in there during the day for a feast.

[Anonymous]

Ha if you live in Maryland forget about it your doomed
You will be persecuted more than a serial killer. They will have more pity on rapist or drug dealer than you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you run it over or did you nick it? I think if you bumped a goose and kept going it's not a big deal.

If you left a dead goose in the middle of the road and went home, even goose haters (hi!) will have a problem with that. You can't leave dead animals in the street and be a good neighbor.

Huh? Of course you can leave a dead animal in the road. I'm not getting out of my car to drag some wild animal carcass to the curb. Or what, put it in my car and drive it to the dump? You must be kidding.

--someone who has never run anything over

A Canada goose has a 4 ft wingspan. It's not a squirrel. If you hit an animal that big and are not willing to clean it up yourself, you need to call the city to have it cleaned up. That's common sense. OP's language (saying she was tracked down by license plate) makes me think she did neither. I'd be pissed as a neighbor too, and not because the world is running out of geese.

Let the foxes have a meal. Better they eat the dying/dead goose than fido. That's the circle of life!

It that’s part of the problem. If this was broad daylight, Fido will get to the body before the foxes at night.

Foxes are diurnal. So one might have snuck in there during the day for a feast.

You dragged this thread back from page 2 or 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

In hindsight, sure. But how was op to know the neighborhood would lose its mind?

[Anonymous]

This thread started out funny now it’s booooring

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Anonymous wrote:This thread started out funny now it’s booooring

+1. Yaaawwwwnnn

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

In hindsight, sure. But how was op to know the neighborhood would lose its mind?

The neighborhood didn’t lose its mind. OP lost her compassion and so did you.

Also, watching you try to keep this thread going is the most interesting thing about it, and the bar is really low.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope you get arrested.

Aholes like you are making our streets dangerous...you’re the type to mow down kids because of impatience/texting.

OP here... this is a good example of the haranguing I’m getting on my neighborhood site.

And they know my name from the description of my car but the moderator apparently took it down. But “everyone” knows my identity as the goose killer

I hope you are reported to the authorities. Its not funny and not ok to just randomly kill living things.

I assume you are a vegetarian who does not wear leather.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope you get arrested.

Aholes like you are making our streets dangerous...you’re the type to mow down kids because of impatience/texting.

OP here... this is a good example of the haranguing I’m getting on my neighborhood site.

And they know my name from the description of my car but the moderator apparently took it down. But “everyone” knows my identity as the goose killer

I hope you are reported to the authorities. Its not funny and not ok to just randomly kill living things.

I assume you are a vegetarian who does not wear leather.

I assume anybody who bumps old posts (and “I hope you are reported to the authorities” is old) a troll trying to keep their thread going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

I probably would’ve done this too even though I dislike geese. It creates a road hazard so you should call AC to come get it or put it out of its misery. But then again, I probably would’ve just waited for them to cross in the first place.

[Anonymous]

NextDoor is filled with crazy people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think what I would have done (assuming this is a neighborhood street and not a major road) is: get out of my car, look distressed and worried, call Animal Control and report an injured/dead animal, wait for the people who had witnessed the incident to drive past, and then just get back in my car and leave. If the road was too busy to safely get out, I would at least pull over, roll down my window, and look at the bird in a distressed manner, so people would think I cared.
Entire response would take 5 minutes.

I probably would’ve done this too even though I dislike geese. It creates a road hazard so you should call AC to come get it or put it out of its misery. But then again, I probably would’ve just waited for them to cross in the first place.

This. What’s wrong with you people, and why is arriving to some store 5-10 minutes later so dreadful that it justifies leading an animal, even a goose, suffering behind you.