Sometimes you have to let nature take its course and pretend as if you were never there.
I have put animals out of their misery before but I prefer to save them if possible. Fortunately, my sister is a Vet so if I ever get put in a situation like this, I can ring her up for advice.
One of the worst scenarios I've ever experienced was a dog getting hit by a car late at night. I was just behind the car that hit the dog at the time. What's worse is that the incident was completely avoidable as I noticed the dog in the distance for several seconds. The car in front of me made no attempt to slow down and just carelessly drove through. It didn't kill the dog, though watching half of its body roll under a tire had me believe that it was. Somehow, it managed to limp to the side of the road and I pulled over to check it out.
The dog was losing a lot of blood and I was thinking that it knew it was going to die. So, I called my sister to see if there was anything I could do. After describing the damage and overall state of the dog, she was sad to admit that there was little hope for the dog to be saved by the time help would normally arrive. My choices were to let it bleed to death on its own or put it out myself. I have never killed an animal of this size before and I was concerned that if I didn't do it the right way, I would cause more unneeded pain. Lacking the proper tools at the time, I had to look around for something that would help me. As luck would have it, I found a branch with just the right amount of length and weight. I carefully moved the dog further from the road and then I took a carefully calculated overhead swing to the dog's head. While I'm not sure if the blow killed the dog, at the very least it made it unconscious.
I was a little shook up after the incident and it took me a good 30 minutes of cooling down before I could drive home.
I have put animals out of their misery before but I prefer to save them if possible. Fortunately, my sister is a Vet so if I ever get put in a situation like this, I can ring her up for advice.
One of the worst scenarios I've ever experienced was a dog getting hit by a car late at night. I was just behind the car that hit the dog at the time. What's worse is that the incident was completely avoidable as I noticed the dog in the distance for several seconds. The car in front of me made no attempt to slow down and just carelessly drove through. It didn't kill the dog, though watching half of its body roll under a tire had me believe that it was. Somehow, it managed to limp to the side of the road and I pulled over to check it out.
The dog was losing a lot of blood and I was thinking that it knew it was going to die. So, I called my sister to see if there was anything I could do. After describing the damage and overall state of the dog, she was sad to admit that there was little hope for the dog to be saved by the time help would normally arrive. My choices were to let it bleed to death on its own or put it out myself. I have never killed an animal of this size before and I was concerned that if I didn't do it the right way, I would cause more unneeded pain. Lacking the proper tools at the time, I had to look around for something that would help me. As luck would have it, I found a branch with just the right amount of length and weight. I carefully moved the dog further from the road and then I took a carefully calculated overhead swing to the dog's head. While I'm not sure if the blow killed the dog, at the very least it made it unconscious.
I was a little shook up after the incident and it took me a good 30 minutes of cooling down before I could drive home.
