[JoeProBono]

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I ran over a cat the other night. It was an accident. I’m sorry, I wish I could have prevented it. The cat ran out of nowhere in front of my car, out of the darkness.

It was near an apartment complex. No way was I going to go knocking door to door to try and find the owner.

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[Atom Smasher]

Aw, how sad. May Doc rest in peace...

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Pistolshot]

I try to avoid hitting ANY animal, cat, dog, democrat.

If I do and they have tags, I call. If they don't I move them off to the side of the road, if possible. If they are in misery, I relieve them of that.

Democrats get an ambulance call, but that's about it.

[Tijeras_Slim]

you can haz alibi?

[LdSentinal]

RIP Doctor.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Poor baby. :-(

[CharlesWayneCT]

Maybe an old, slow cat shouldn’t be left out at night to wander across the middle of a dark road and get hit by a car.

[smokingfrog]

You're gonna get some nasty comments on this one...

I don't let my precious kitties run around outside, so I'm not worried.

[dawn53]

I ran over a cat a few years ago. The cat didn’t pass in front of the car, but darted under the car and was hit by my back wheels. I didn’t even know I had hit it until I looked in my rear view mirror. I did go back and tell the family.

However, cats nor dogs should be roaming around, IMHO. We have laws in our city that forbid letting your cat, or dog, roam free. So somebody swerves to avoid an animal and hits another car...how safe is that.

The owner must take some responsibility. In our neighborhood if your cat is left outdoors, it could end up as a coyote’s meal.

[mysterio]

Condolences to the pet owner.

I had enough outside cats as a kid to learn to never let my pets run around outside. Cat stays in, dog only goes out on a leash. No way I want either of them run over by some jackass.

[109ACS]

I’m good with cats......

....out to about 200 yards.

[fungoking]

I'm just glad the story isn't about a family member who's loved one died in a car wreck trying to avoid a cat in the street that someone allowed to run loose.

[thefactor]

shouldn't the cat owner be apologizing to the cat for allowing the cat to roam free where getting hit by a car is a real danger?

what if the driver didn't see the cat, or would have hit an 18-wheeler if they swerved to avoid the cat?

you love your pets so much, don't put them out into the world alone. how about that?

[NordP]

I am so sorry for your loss and for humans like the one that did that to Doctor.

[Ditter]

As my vet said “cats outside, live short violent lives”. Next time you get a cat that means a lot to you ,keep him in the house or this will happen again.

[GQuagmire]

poor kitty ping. The anti cat establishment has chimed in here

[El Cid]

...At the very least, his killer could have summed the courage to come to the front door and explained why they couldn't evade a slow, 10-year-old cat who was three-quarters the way across the street....

Sad story about the fellow's pet cat. God has blessed us with animals to eat, and to enjoy as companions. But if its a case of putting a person's life in danger - by either slamming on the brakes, or recklessly swerving the car - a person's life trumps an animal's life any day. By all means - try to avoid killing the animal, but sometimes it is unavoidable (I nailed a couple of chipmunks once... Sorry guys - I didn't see you).
I remember that incident on Highway 85 (in the South Bay) around 10 years ago. A man with his family pulled his mini-van off the road (but still in a dangerous area) and ran out to try to catch a dog that was wandering on the Highway. He endangered his life, but what was worse - a car struck the mini-van and killed his child... I'm sure that well-meaning fellow is haunted by his actions to this day.
Yes, we are to be good stewards of God's Creation and to care for the animals -- but never put a person's life in danger, even if it means running over an animal. Every person is made in God's image and every soul is precious.
If there is any chance of endangering your's, or someone else's, life by making a rash maneuver with the car - don't do it. The animal loses.

[dog breath]

It hurts to lose anything or anyone that you love. A pet can be all that some people look forward to seeing each day.

[Constitution Day]

My neighborhood, which is near an incredibly busy suburban intersection, functions as a high-speed shortcut. The city knows this, because it frequently sends motorcycle cops to camp at the corner. But they can't get all of them. So many of us don't let our children ride their bikes and Big Wheels anywhere near our front yards.

And yet he has the nerve to complain about a CAT getting hit?

Obviously this guy is an idiot. If he really valued this recently departed cat, he would have KEPT HIM INDOORS where he belongs!