Today, I ran over a squirrel. I saw it twitching so I backed over it to end its suffering. It wasn't a squirrel it was a kitten. The children it belonged to watched as I ran over their kitten. TWICE. FML
I agree, your life sucks (26609) - you totally deserved it (74398)
On 04/07/2009 at 8:11pm - misc - by Anonymous - United States (Virginia)
you did the right thing. even though the kids are fucked up it's better to not let the kitten suffer. RIP KITTY!
#8 - On 04/08/2009 at 3:58am by ohboyscott
Oh My God that's Horrible!!! F*** Their Lives not yours...
#10 - On 04/08/2009 at 3:59am by chinolatino
Hrm, odd that so many people think that YDI. You were only doing the humane thing, after all.
#14 - On 04/08/2009 at 4:05am by inevitable
nothing is more traumatizing than seeing a flattened cat when youre a child. believe me.
especially if its yours.
#18 - On 04/08/2009 at 4:14am by oooh_dear
God, that makes me so damn sad. And no offense, but does a cat look like a squirrel? It didn't the last time I checked. If you lived in Michigan, maybe you could have thought it was a squirrel and actually have ran over a beaver... But a cat, nah.
#14: the humane thing would be to watch the fucking road and not run over a kitten in the first place.
and #16. it may have gotten out by mistake and they were getting ready to go after it. but the car came along.
#22 - On 04/08/2009 at 4:18am by oooh_dear
Bad luck. As #14 said, you can at least go home knowing that you did the right thing. The children might not understand, but you saved the kitten more suffering.
dude you backed up before you even realized what you hit?
not all animals that get hurt by cars die slowly and painfully.
my dog got hit by a car and the only treatment she needed was painkillers. (a few months later, it turned out she even broke her pelvic bone, but that had no symptoms at all)
when I was looking at her, right after the hit, she was shivering a lot but now she is perfectly fine and normal, and doesn't seem to be in any pain.
Thats...sooo sad!! Oh my gosh I want to cry :(
Poor kitty...and poor kid!!! He's probably traumatized...aww...
Not sure how to take this... Though you could try to use some alchemy to bring it back as long as you don't mind losing an arm and a leg
(100000000 points to person who get the reference)
^^Full Metal Alchemist
but for the FML, wow that sucks, hopefully the parents explained to the kids what happened and get them a new kitten
#28 - On 04/08/2009 at 4:40am by battgurl07
So whatever makes a kitten all of a sudden better than a squirrel? Besides, you wouldn't be able to drive off knowing that you left an animal in horrible pain with a bunch of kids who wouldn't know what to do. And to those saying that you shouldn't run over kittens in the first place - there have already been tons of much more tragic car accidents because the people braked and turned in front of some dumb animals who ran across the roads all of a sudden. Gawd.
wtf? how is that funny? that is awful. ugh. that makes me sick
#32 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:03am by arkaidia
wooooooow... thats pretty horrible. ... though the "ending the suffering" by backing over it again prolly did keep it out of a crapload of pain.. but probably made you look like a sh**head
#33 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:07am by solaris1302
HAHAHAHAHA you should let those kids run over you twice with your car...maybe they'll feel better
after all...nothing is better than revenge
Oh, I know what u feel.....
How could you know that it was kitten, their kitten?! not your fault, sh** happens.
But if you were here and childrens parents saw that too, you might be sued and (with bad lawer and bad luck) get a time in a jail for intentionally killing an animal ;(
And here is the lesson: if you accidentally have done something u feel is bad,.... run as fast as u can from there.
In this situation more cruel, but better for you, way of acting might be just drive as u were driving and pretend that u havent noticed "the squirrel" ;)
What #25 said.
Be real. It was your conscience you were concerned about, not the animal's suffering. Your pain, not its. That's why you didn't even get out to check on it before your killing of convenience, as that would have cost you a little of your precious fucking time. The effort to park, exit your car, and deal with your damage was more than that required to throw it in reverse.
YDI and you deserve more.
And learn how to drive.
#38 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:32am by FoundManyLemons
Oh.My.God. I wanna cry! That's so sad! I mean, sure it was an accident. But did you have to run over it AGAIN without even getting out to check to see if it was bad enough to do it again? Boooooo! you suck! =(
#39 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:32am by sleepingprincess
Uhmm.... nice try, but that's pretty bad. Even if it was a squirrel, why not get out and have a look and see if it can be saved?! Why is a kitten's life more worthwhile than a squirrel's?! Seriously, you totally deserve it for not giving a crap about animals.
#40 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:37am by babydoll86
Wow. Are you guys serious? What part of ‘tiny crushable kitten’ don’t you get? On the east coast the roads are loaded with completely flattened squirrels that dart into the street – a kitten, which would be about the same size would look exactly like one, especially flattened. And it WOULD be flattened, don’t try to act like something that would flatten if you stepped on it wouldn’t with a freaking car. Anything that size that gets completely run over is not going to survive, period. They did the right thing. Get over yourselves. You would have made it suffer more by even attempting to keep it alive.
#41 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:42am by because_im_bored
And for whoever said it was about his conscious - seriously? If he didn't give a crap he wouldn't have 'wasted his time' putting the car in reverse and putting it out of its misery, he would have driven away like, 99% of MOST people do. So stop freaking out about this guy. Sheesh. I'm an animal-lover but you guys are just naive.
#43 - On 04/08/2009 at 5:45am by because_im_bored
kind of feel bad but its small and the parents should watch the kids and kitten too... I suppose better than let them watch it die a slow death
It happens..these people need to quit their bitching..the driver obviously didn't mean to...and making sure it's dead is the right thing to do...though I then would have gone and talked to the family...which you don't know..it COULD have happened.
buy them another kitten. ya jerk!
#50 - On 04/08/2009 at 6:43am by DizzyDemon0
1) Just because you ran over it once, does not mean it was definitely going to die.
2) Therefore you probably murdered some kid's kitten.
3) You deserve it even if you were trying to do the right thing.
4) I hope you went to apologise to the family or you are a right bastard.
And #31"there have already been tons of much more tragic car accidents because the people braked and turned in front of some dumb animals who ran across the roads all of a sudden. Gawd."
What makes it right to say that animals are less important than humans?
uhm....wow...that really sucks.
and i agree with #10 thats a fukk their lives not really yours.
althought, watch, those kids aare going to grow up and never forget and see u 10 years later, still hating you lmao way to ruin a childhood
and to this person above me i totally agree.
#54 - On 04/08/2009 at 6:50am by nerdgrl128
I think it would have been even funnier, and slightly ironic, if you had also been driving a Dodge.
Thanks DC
#55 - On 04/08/2009 at 6:52am by SomethingWitty
It's law you don't stop for animals in the road as far as I remember.
You only did the humane thing though huh . . .
If it was genuinely going to die . . .
Fuck His life? No.
Fuck the Kids lives? No.
Fuck that cats life!
#56 - On 04/08/2009 at 6:54am by Mattyknows
That is really awful. For the kids and the kitten, not so much for you. Please at least go get them another kitten and try not to run over that one too.
Where are their parents? Why children should be responsible for another living thing is beyond me.
#64 - On 04/08/2009 at 7:29am by ineedadrink
Ahhh, that's hilarious! It's probably the best FML I've read so far! Thank you, you really have brightened my day. :)
#16, that's retarded. pets can get loose rather easily, no matter how much you love them. However, I do still say that the OP did the right thing, shit luck that it was a kitteh though
#69 - On 04/08/2009 at 7:49am by 7_______7_______
31 and 41 win. An animal that size that comes into contact with a moving car is pretty much screwed. Someone mentioned their dog being mostly okay with painkillers after being run over - what kind of dog? I've known one that survived a couple car hits, but it was a retriever wayy bigger than any kitten. Trying to dodge an animal in the road at the last second isn't safe at all, and it could have darted out right in front of him; I'm disappointed in all of you who think it's necessarily his fault for hitting it. I'm pretty sure when a person randomly jumps out onto a highway and gets mowed down, not too many people really blame the driver. My driver's ed teacher way back when had a story about a student who accidentally hit a squirrel, mauling it but leaving it still alive, so she turned around and went over it again, then came to him in tears about it. His official decision was a. don't try to dodge animals with a death wish, b. it's just merciful to end its suffering.
A kitten that gets hit by a car is almost definitely going to die, and will definitly be in extreme pain. A squirrel, which he thought it was, wouldn't receive treatment, so it would die no matter what. A quick finish is the best way to go.
You could have at least gotten out to see if it was alive. WTF. How about you pay attention to freaking road, it could have been one of those kids. Asshole.
you do not get to claim that you did the right thing by ending its suffering when you are the when that caused its suffering in the first place! YDI x 1000000000
#73 - On 04/08/2009 at 8:10am by babbling27
lol #13
and #57, #13 is being sarcastic cuz he/she is acting like they are the little kid in the story haha
Thank you #70 for summing up the reasonable argument.
I love kittens. I do. I have one. But if one gets hit by a car, there's not going to be anything you can do for it. 71, you can't hit a kitten "not that hard" with a car. The weight of the car will crush the kitten regardless of how fast you're going. Unless by some miracle you only ran over it's tail or something, but I think it'd be doing more than twitching in that case.
Also, it's ridiculous to say that it's the OP's fault that he hit it. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do. Maybe there was a car in the other lane. It's not always okay to just swerve to avoid an animal. It's not always about just "watching the damn road." It's just not always preventable.
OP, the kitten was going to die anyway. You did the right thing. It's just sad that the kid had to see and that the kitten had to die.
#70 it was my dog. its a small dog, weighs 9kg. it wasn't literally run over, I imagine it was just thrown by the impact.
its his fault for deciding the "squirrel" is doomed before even figuring out its a cat.
That should teach those kids to keep a hold of their pets and not let them on the road. Good Job. Furthermore, to swerve to miss the animal would have been irresponsible, you would have hit the kids!
#78 - On 04/08/2009 at 8:25am by andydawg8891
Oh, that's awful, the poor thing. You can't be blamed for it, accidents happen, and you were trying to do the right thing. I feel sorry for you AND the kids. :(
Also, #25, if it was small enough to be mistaken for a squirrel, it probably would not have made it anyway. Sucks for the OP but he/she did the right thing, even though that's not always the easiest thing.
Did you deliberately run over the "squirrel" the first time? I know people who go out of their way to do stuff like that. If you did, then you are evil.
In any case, you should have gotten out and checked on it before backing over it. My grandmother ran over a squirrel once, and we were only going like 25mph, and it was so small I could not even see it when I turned around and looked out the back window, so you obviously knew you hit it and slowed down. Grandma didn't even realize she hit anything because she was watching the road; I only happened to see it dart out on my side at the last minute.
For most people, it's instinct to swerve. The road couldn't have been heavily trafficked if you had time to slow down and BACK UP. Geez. When I was a kid, two of our dogs got out while we were leaving for school one morning--I watched in horror as they ran in the road, and we were running after them, screaming. One bastard slowed down, then proceeded to hit one, then punched the accelerator and plowed right over the other one. I have NO SYMPATHY for you. NONE.
imagine if the kitten was just SLIGHTLY hurt O.O
(what has gone through the kids mind)
OMG MY KITTEN WAS RAN OVER
ohhhh it´s still alive!! god blesss it, I´ll take care of it till it gets healed!
5 sec later....
a pancake...
The OP didn't just hit the kitten, the OP RAN OVER the kitten. They death of the kitten was inevitable at that point. Weight of car vs. small kitten? really who do you think would win?
And to check to see if it was already dead? Then it would have been dead and no need to run over it again to put it out of it's misery.
Now what if the OP hadn't tried to put it out of it's pain? he would have driven off the kitten would have laid there twitching and suffering while the children watched at the added horror of seeing their kitten move unnaturally until the next car comes along to finish the job.
#88 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:10am by FMLover269
You were trying to do the right thing. It just doesn't always work out...poor kids.
#90 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:15am by paperplanes2012
omg sad. that poor kitten. he didn't even know what hit him. at least his suffering didn't last long.
watch the road next time a-hole.
#92 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:17am by amykillswitch
Their parents should make them keep their kitten inside. It all comes down to: F--k the Kittens life. He/She's the one that got the shitty deal!
#95 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:38am by 100308
#83 YOU ARE TOTALLY RIGHT.
and im sorry that happened to you.
i have sympathy for you.. NOT YOU..asshole!!
#96 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:39am by ilovef_o_b
Dude that's HORRIBLE! U didn't even check 2 c if it wuz ok? And it wuz a kitten! Not a squirrel(and that still would've been wrong)and WTF r u doin online? Get over there and explain urself 2 those lil kids!
#31, #41, #70- I couldn't have said it better
#53- WTF! "What makes it right to say that animals are less important than humans?" are you fucking high? i bet your from california. fucking obama-lovin liberals.
#76- i'm glad your dog didnt die, but thats the whole point, he DIDNT get run over. This little thing was ran over, there is no chance it can survive that. someone said "what if you got run over by a car, would you want it to back up over you again?"
#98 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:43am by Bookie2152
That's so sad!
But at the same time, aleast it didn't suffer long.
And people...with a kitten being so small, what is your first instinct?
Even if he was watching the road it probably ran out, and you should never swerve to avoid the animal because more often than not people have fatal accidents trying avoid them...
i am a total animal lover though and this makes me cry.):
Its not really a YDI.
PS: lol @ comment above me. "fucking obama lover"...hehehe....
#99 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:45am by tipsypiink
everyone needs to get over themselves and realize its a fucking cat. it died. this shit happens and im sure the OP feels bad. i have two cats myself and i love them. you guys are fucking nuts.
#100 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:46am by Bookie2152
you wouldn't be saying the same if it was your cat. and the OP should feel bad. How stupid can you be? if it had been my cat, you would be the one getting one run over.
#101 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:51am by witchbaby4
If it had been your cat, 101, you should have kept the poor little fuzz ball out of the street in the first place.
Of course the OP feels bad, who wouldn't? Way to be an ass and add insult to injury.
It happens, its called life.
#102 - On 04/08/2009 at 9:54am by tipsypiink
who ever laughed at this post deserves to be run over by a car
I feel bad for those kids who watched their cat be run over but sometimes you can't prevent this from happening
But would every everybody react different if it was a squirrel?
You didn't go over to make sure that it deserved to die?
That's very irresponsible to just go over it twice because you think that it was hurt! You might have found that it wasn't badly hurt and could have taken it to the vet!
Next time check out the scene of the crime dumbass.
YDI
#104 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:02am by MizzHollywood
how could you be so heartlesssssss?! oh. how could you be so heartlessss?
#106 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:18am by warmvanillasugar
If I ran over a kitten, I would be so depressed. I cried when I ran over a little snake in the street with my bike. Running over kittens, especially while the owners (little kids, too), is just…AUGH ?. I feel so sorry.
#108 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:32am by jdkfgkjdfb
You did the right thing, and you should ignore those that say anything else.
#112 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:38am by newguy90
KUDOS #19!! you're the only one who has the right idea. a bullet to the back of the head, and no one knows the difference. the only problem with that is where to hide the bodies, and a cover once the parents come looking.
#113 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:39am by sirfuzzitoes
you obviously dont feel bad about killing animals with your car then
you could easily you know call up so a vet can get it rather than go over it TWICE
and whats worse it was a kitten while children seen... the children woulda been there the whole time yet you done it twice while thinking its a squirrel
wow
#114 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:40am by pumpkincakes
That's awful. I felt my heart get ripped out and stomped on because I own a Kitten, plus two older cats.
OH MY GOD.... that is like, horrible... (i want to laugh, but it might make me feel bad...)
#121 - On 04/08/2009 at 10:55am by Death_to_my_life
Fucking animal worshipers. Its a cat, get the hell over it. If he had swerved into a van full of children would you still think dodging is the right thing?
#29, lol.
watch the road dumbass. what if one of those kids had been the one to run out into the street?
Thats harsh but you did the right thing.....it would have been 20X worse if those kids had to bring home their half dead kitten then watch it die slowly in their arms.
#127 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:15am by llSgtScopell
AWW thats so sad, i mean i know no one wants to let animals suffer, but i dont think i could ever run something over a second time, really? why ddint you get out and see if it there was any way you could save it, my friends cat got ran over and it was bad. but they saved it. you coould have atleast tried to save it. if you had taken it to the animal hospital they could have tried or put it down the humane way.
You need to learn how to f'n drive. I understand that sometimes things dart out in your path beyond your control, but to not notice it was a kitten instead of a squirrel? ESPECIALLY when you looked behind you to back over it again? lern2payattention. Depending on how badly you'd hit it, the family might have been able to take it to the vet and have it fixed up. And if you would have paid attention and seen it was a kitten, maybe they could have.
YFDI.
#129 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:29am by prettyxdemented
Guys. He RAN OVER a KITTEN.
Pretty sure it wasn't going to live.
Taking it to the vet would only add to the time it was going to suffer. It was RUN OVER and twitching. It was going to die. You can't really just hit a kitten with a car. We're not talking about a German Shepherd here.
The OP did the humane thing by putting it out of its misery right away.
#131 this is true... I'm just more concerned about his/her lack of attention. Seriously, what if OP hit a kid and not a kitten and didn't realize until after the kid had been run over TWICE? If you're going to drive, you need to be able to be aware of what runs the fuck in front of your car, regardless of whether or not you can avoid hitting it.
#132 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:37am by prettyxdemented
Man, I was worried there for a sec, when you said you ran over a squirrel.
#133 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:42am by thatoneguy1812
People, seriously. The OP thought it was a squirrel. If you thought it was a squirrel, would you bother getting out and looking to see if it was still alive? Didn't think so.
I own two cats myself and would be devastated if they got run over, but I would rather their end was quick and painless rather than to sit there and watch them suffer. You did the right thing.
If they are really young kids, just go get them another kitten. it won't necessarily replace the one they ran over but it shows that you are sorry and they'll probably forget about it in a week anyway.
and #132, you're comparing apples to oranges. A kid is considerably bigger than a cat and I doubt that OP could have ran over a kid twice. Significantly bigger speed bump.
Dude why do people keep saying this is hilarious!? Since when is it funny to accidentally hit a kitten!?
UNfortunately #131 is right... Its more of a... crush, than a hit, for a kitten, since they're so small. Most cats wouldn't survive either.
But still. Its really not funny.
i guarantee at least 1 of the people saying you're evil eats meat :)
and they'd REALLY be upset when they found out what they do to THOSE animals...
you probably should've checked because you might've only run over its leg, but your intentions were good. unfortunate situation overall...
#138 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:52am by GoldenSofa
1. This is why you keep your pets indoors.
2. A kitten doesn't look anything like a squirrel.
3. How the hell do people think this is funny...? Sickos.
#140 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:58am by firefalcon
I agree with 132. You need to be aware, and you can often avoid hitting an animal by not speeding and by watching what you are doing. If you hit a kid and thought it was a opossum, would you have done the same thing? I understand being humane, but think about those kids. It's F Their Life. I have been in that situation and it still traumatizes me. It's not them being irresponsible, either. Sometimes, the animal manages to get out, and, if they saw the whole thing, chances are that they were trying to get the animal before it got hit.
I guess my problem is that you don't say how fast you were going because, in my experience, people are generally speeding when they are unable to avoid hitting an animal. That, or they think the animal doesn't matter and don't even try to avoid hitting it.
#27 I SOOOO totally get that reference, so an assload of points for me, and shame for me that I actually admit to watching Full Metal. LOL.
BTW.... that SUCKS like a mother!
#142 - On 04/08/2009 at 11:59am by prttyyngthng
wow. #139 calm down. its pretty dumb that he would run over a kitty TWICE (the second was resonable though) but it wouldnt be entirely his fault. Maybe the kids were dumb and let it run about and stuff. but either way he did a humane thing by ending its suffering even though im mad that he didnt check if it could still be fine. i suppose its not his fault?
#143 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:02pm by angryFetus
139, they were just trying to help an animal along so it didn't suffer. You want them to die for being humane? Ignorant.
#145 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:04pm by silverwind
I agree that accidents happen, so people shouldn't go around screaming to be a better driver. Small animals are FAST. Sometimes you don't notice it till the last second. The thing that pisses me off is that she didn't GET OUT OF THE CAR to check on the animal. So what if it was twitching? Get out, check it out, and if you ascertain it won't survive and it's in pain, THEN do it. Yeah, make's it all the harder to get back in the car and back over it, but it's the RIGHT thing. So if you ran over a child or a person, saw them twitching, you'd just go run back over him again without going out to check? You don't do that.
And I don't care if you can't compare a kitten to a squirrel or a person. It's still a living thing. Give it at least enough respect and caring to see if it ACTUALLY is hopeless.
All these people that say it is inhumane to hit an animal or that you were going to fast or that you werent paying attention, live in upstate new york for a week during the breeding season for deer,
#147 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:04pm by ftkatyowser
@132: Who the fuck would mistake a child for a squirrel?
We have no idea how fast the OP was going. All we know is that he/she was driving (in what appears to be a residential area) and ran over a cat. It was an accident, and yes, you probably should have gotten out of your car to check first, but you hit a kitten with your car; the chances that it's going to be able to survive are slim to none. At least you were able to put it out of its misery.
Geeze, everyone here is a bunch of tree-hugging jackasses. It was a god damn kitten! Tire Vs. Kitten, hmm, maybe if it was Iron Kitten or something. IT WAS GOING TO DIE! He did the right thing, and better to hit the kitten than to swerve out of control and hit the kids that were standing right there. And yes people rank higher than animals in importance, get over it.
What makes a squirrel better than a kitten?
You can't just kill off an animal because it's deemed as 'less important' as another animal. That's just cruel.
Besides, I think it's more of the childrens' FML:
Today, a car hit my kitten on the road. My kitten wasn't dead until he ran over my kitten again. On purpose. FML
#150 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:09pm by seashell123
You should always keep a cat on a leash when it's outside, anyway.
#151 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:09pm by silverwind
you are a horrible individual. in what world would it seem right to run over an animal a SECOND time. perhaps next time you should watch where you are driving. how would you feel if someone ran you over a first time and then another time to put you out of your misery? karma will come back and bite you in the ass
Wow. That's horrible. But I'm going to have to agree with #149 also.
#154 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:14pm by fillmyheart028
how can any1 of u put he deserved it, it was an accident if hes driving its kind of hard to notice a squirrel/kitten..he did the right thing by putting it out of its misery so u guys are all tree hugging assholes that dont look at the facts
I love you all you little fuckers find this funny... why dont you get run over by a car as well? i wish i never read this one
#156 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:16pm by xbaybaygirl
I made an account just to tell all your people that think this story if "f-in hilarious" you are truly disturbed individuals. People who relish in the death of small animals often end up being psychotic serial killers, you crazy weirdos.
Also, if you looked back and saw the animal twitching, wouldn't you have noticed then that it was a kitten and not a squirrel? Or maybe spotted the kids watching you? And how did you see a tiny cat twitching from your rear view mirror? You are just unobservant and it bit you in the ass. jerk.
#159 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:21pm by f_this_noise
I don't understand why people are saying that RUNNING IT OVER... TWICE is better than taking it to the vet, seeing if it could be saved, and if not, getting it euthanized so it could die HUMANELY. Jesus Christ.
A neighbor of mine had a cat who snuck into the garage, and when she was pulling out of the garage in her car, she ran him over. The only thing wrong with him was a broken leg and he was fine after it was fixed. That might not have been the case here, but still — NOT YOUR CAT, NOT YOUR DECISION. If one of my cats ever got out and some fucking asshole not only ran him/her over, but then ran over him/her AGAIN JUST FOR LOLS I would drag the fucker out of the car and beat the shit out of him.
FYL? Not even fucking close.
I thought I saw a squirrel. So I ran over it. Turns out it was a cat and the owners saw me do it. Bonus points!
Douchebag.
#162 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:27pm by jrod
I agree that you should have checked first, even if it was a squirrel, however I do understand that accidents happen. That poor kitten! And those poor children! My advice to you, to minimize psychological damage to the kids, as well as your chances of your ass getting sued, is to buy them another kitten, including shots or spaying and whatever else they put into the first, or better yet, buy em two.
#163 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:29pm by jemstone25
People who keep saying animals are just as important as humans irritate me. It's great if you like animals. I do too. But if there's a cat or a child in a burning building, you can only save one, and you choose the cat, you should be banished from the human race. It's just not right.
I have a cat. I love her to death, but if it was the cat or my mom, sorry Luna, Mom wins.
#164- well so. animals and humans were both put onto this earth. soo that makes them just as equal. oh and idc if that irritates you. your just inconsiderate to think otherwise then the truth.. so yeah.. oH and what if you were the cat(luna) and your trusted owner chose your mom. that would be hurtful. but iagree that you would chose your mother.. only cause shes the one that gave birth to me. thats it. EVERYONE IS EQUAL.. no matter what you say!.
#166 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:34pm by ilovef_o_b
166 - Even if it wasn't my mother; if it was my sister, my child, my friend, or someone I didn't even know, I'd still save them over my cat. Perhaps that makes me a bad pet owner, I don't know. But the person is someone's child or someone's parent, even if they're not mine. I'd feel awful for not saving my cat, but I couldn't live with myself if I let a person die whom I could have saved.
It's fine that we don't see eye to eye on this, I'm just respectfully disagreeing.
WOOOW. OP, def fyl. I feel sorry for you. and the kids. and the cat too..
as for the ppl that hate this guy/girl, wtf? The kitten was crushed when it was run over! You can't HIT a kitten. Maybe, OP should have checked to make sure it was for sure dying, but his/her intentions were good. so stfu. Plus, it was a frickin accident. It's not like OP said I went out of my way to hit this "squirrel." so shut up about him/her being a better driver. stop assuming he did something wrong, you assholes.
And humans are above animals, sorry. I love animals too..but I'm pretty sure people trump them. Wow.
138 is right about the meat eating thing. lmao. ppl grow up.
Accidents happen, it would be very hard to have seen a kitten, especially if the OP was driving a truck or something large. And honestly, it was a kitten, what are the odds that it would have survived the first hit? Not that likely. All things considered, it wasn't terrible to try to put it out of its misery. Although it might be nice to try to get the kids a new kitten... and not let it outside.
Wooow, some people are just insane.
One, the OP didn't say s/he was "GOING OUT LOOKING FOR ANIMALS TO KILL FOR THE LULZ", it was an accident.
Two, If any of you have driven a car before, you know accidents can happen.
Three, A kitten is almost the same size as a squirrel, and can look very similar when they're flashing across the road like a lightning bolt without the driver having a chance to stop. It would be nearly impossible for that kitten to survive more than a short while after being ran over by a car, and it would be very unlikely that it only ran over the tail or leg, especially if the driver knew s/he ran over something (they would have felt the bump).
Four, he didn't run over the kitten again for shits and giggles, s/he did it because s/he thought it was the right thing to do, which is hard when you're most likely in shock from running over an animal.
Five, scraping that kitten off the road and driving it to the vet's office just to be put down by a needle, all the while in excruciating pain, is not better than putting it out of it's misery quickly and, by this point, painlessly.
Six, if you think a kitten is worth more than a human life, get off the computer, sell all of your belongings, and go live in the wild with the animals. I'm not saying animals aren't important, I'm just saying get over yourselves, we're obviously the higher species here.
Seven, it's a kitten. Not a CAT. Not a DOG. It's a baby animal, it's extremely small and very fragile. A kitten can be killed by a human foot, what chance do you really think it had against a car?
You know what? I love animals. I'm not saying you shouldn't be upset that an animal was killed by accident, but don't tell the OP s/he should die. Please, grow up, things like this happen.
#176 - On 04/08/2009 at 12:58pm by kukkakaalia
