Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I adore squirrels and birds and after 30 years of driving have hit one squirrel and swiped one deer (night time highway and deer kept running). The squirrel I ran over a couple more times because i couldnt stand the idea of it suffering but when I told a few people at my destination they acted like i was an animal abuser and i should have left it to die. So OP, you cannot win.

Let me see if I got that right: you hit a squirrel, backed up, ran over it again, then repeated that process to be sure it was dead? And people thought the goose killer was vicious.

holy s**t; the responses in this thread indicate an astounding level of cluelessness - which I can only assume comes from leading the most sheltered urban/suburban snowflake life imaginable.

NP here, but YES- you back up over the wounded squirrel (give it the Michelins, so to speak).

Have you zero understanding of ethics and compassion for a suffering animal?

As for the 'call animal control" / not my problem" crowd, you do realize animal control does not transport the squirrel/geese/Bambi to the veterinarian, right?

They kill it. Humanely.

If you had a heart, you wouldn't make the suffering creature wait.

Actually, in DC they do take it to the veterinarian—at CityWildlife near the Humane Rescue Alliance. I sent an injured bird to them once and called later to find out the status (their vet had euthanized it). Not sure what happens in VA or MD.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I adore squirrels and birds and after 30 years of driving have hit one squirrel and swiped one deer (night time highway and deer kept running). The squirrel I ran over a couple more times because i couldnt stand the idea of it suffering but when I told a few people at my destination they acted like i was an animal abuser and i should have left it to die. So OP, you cannot win.

Let me see if I got that right: you hit a squirrel, backed up, ran over it again, then repeated that process to be sure it was dead? And people thought the goose killer was vicious.

holy s**t; the responses in this thread indicate an astounding level of cluelessness - which I can only assume comes from leading the most sheltered urban/suburban snowflake life imaginable.

NP here, but YES- you back up over the wounded squirrel (give it the Michelins, so to speak).

Have you zero understanding of ethics and compassion for a suffering animal?

As for the 'call animal control" / not my problem" crowd, you do realize animal control does not transport the squirrel/geese/Bambi to the veterinarian, right?

They kill it. Humanely.

If you had a heart, you wouldn't make the suffering creature wait.

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Anonymous wrote:I adore squirrels and birds and after 30 years of driving have hit one squirrel and swiped one deer (night time highway and deer kept running). The squirrel I ran over a couple more times because i couldnt stand the idea of it suffering but when I told a few people at my destination they acted like i was an animal abuser and i should have left it to die. So OP, you cannot win.

Let me see if I got that right: you hit a squirrel, backed up, ran over it again, then repeated that process to be sure it was dead? And people thought the goose killer was vicious.

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Anonymous wrote:If an animal is wounded in a traffic accident, the driver should take responsibility. He should euthanize the animal as quickly, efficiently, and safely as possible.

And: don't make animal control come out while the animal is suffering; just man-up and do the right thing.

What??!!!?? How should this euthanasia be carried out?!! Do tell.

You're kidding, right? You mean to tell us you've never rung a goose/duck's neck, or at least witnessed it?? Never even been to the eastern shore of MD??

Sheesh - suburban people - you don't even realize how small the little bubble you live in really is. YouTube to your rescue (don't panic - the bird in the video is already dead): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_iS_dUiKCk

I've done this probably more than a thousand times in MD; it doesn't harm the crippled bird and is the humane thing to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.

All those geese are po’d that your development built all these roads and houses all over their nice woodland. Serves you right.

Actually, the lake that attracts them, and is the reason they are there, is man made.

Geese love near water, geese don't live in "woodlands" Einstein, but thanks for playing.

Yep, you’re an asshole. The kind of person who thinks a thread about animal misery is hilarious.

I don't think "animal misery" is hilarious, I think that people who don't have to dodge heavy traffic plus geese, are commenting on this thread. I have never hit a goose, or any other animal, for that matter.

But geese don't live in "woodlands" and are attracted to man made lakes in man made neighborhoods this close to the coast. You showed you don't know much about birds and animals and now seem to have an anger problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.

All those geese are po’d that your development built all these roads and houses all over their nice woodland. Serves you right.

Actually, the lake that attracts them, and is the reason they are there, is man made.

Geese love near water, geese don't live in "woodlands" Einstein, but thanks for playing.

Yep, you’re an asshole. The kind of person who thinks a thread about animal misery is hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I adore squirrels and birds and after 30 years of driving have hit one squirrel and swiped one deer (night time highway and deer kept running). The squirrel I ran over a couple more times because i couldnt stand the idea of it suffering but when I told a few people at my destination they acted like i was an animal abuser and i should have left it to die. So OP, you cannot win.

Let me see if I got that right: you hit a squirrel, backed up, ran over it again, then repeated that process to be sure it was dead? And people thought the goose killer was vicious.

Anonymous wrote:I adore squirrels and birds and after 30 years of driving have hit one squirrel and swiped one deer (night time highway and deer kept running). The squirrel I ran over a couple more times because i couldnt stand the idea of it suffering but when I told a few people at my destination they acted like i was an animal abuser and i should have left it to die. So OP, you cannot win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.

All those geese are po’d that your development built all these roads and houses all over their nice woodland. Serves you right.

Actually, the lake that attracts them, and is the reason they are there, is man made.

Geese love near water, geese don't live in "woodlands" Einstein, but thanks for playing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.

All those geese are po’d that your development built all these roads and houses all over their nice woodland. Serves you right.

Actually, the lake that attracts them, and is the reason they are there, is man made.

Geese love near water, geese don't live in "woodlands" Einstein, but thanks for playing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.

All those geese are po’d that your development built all these roads and houses all over their nice woodland. Serves you right.

Anonymous wrote:Thought about this thread yesterday...was turning at Montgomery Village and Mid Country Highway in MoCo and the gese weren't just feeding on the median strip, there was a puddle in the intersection and they decided to go drink the "fresh" rainwater there instead of the nearby lake. Cars were trying to dodge them.