I knocked over a cat ...........

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Megan Whitehead — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:50:35 GMT

Don't be too hard on yourself--you did the right thing to stop and try your best to identify the kitty. I hope that you're feeling better very soon! I once hit a deer--it was so terrible! It ran off and we chased it down. It was badly injured but could still run so we couldn't catch it :( Called the RCMP (this was in Canada) but they wouldn't help us. I felt terrible for ages wondering whatever became of it :(

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sarah dean — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:40:35 GMT

well my mum is a vet and im a vet nurse but my mum ran one of my cats over once! very upsettin x

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emmRAR — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:41:16 GMT

I was being driven home by my boyfriend and a cat ran under his car... he stopped and I ran off after it. I found it on someone's lawn, it had died :( I went to the door asking if they knew who's it was, turned out it was theirs. There were two young boys and one started crying and I was nearly in tears myself! The owner was really really nice though, I apologied about a hunderd times and he just said accidents happen, it's not your fault, and thanks so much for stopping because most people wouldn't have. :(

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Fiona Leathers — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:46:21 GMT

When I was at college, I couldn't sleep one night so went out for a run. Went onto slip road for motorway and ran over a bunny. COuldn't leave it there so drove off next slip road back onto motorway to get back to first slip road to make sure it was dead. Checked the bunny...yep definitely dead....got back into car & drove off again....this time knocking over 2 more!! Didn't go back that time

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Sarah Cahill — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:43:51 GMT

Oh dear, that's such a shame for you - I know how bad I would feel. I once killed a baby rabbit and saw it's brothers and sisters by the side of the road, the guilt was awful. It's something I worry about quite a lot when driving, especially worry about deer when driving down country roads with forest on each side.

At least you did the decent thing by picking the cat up, a lot of people would have just left him or her there

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Maisy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:01:15 GMT

Poor you, it's horrible when that happens. You are doing everything you can though, a lot of people wouldn't have even stopped.

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bongo — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:05:14 GMT

my dad hit a dog once and didnt tell me for ages cos he was too scared, when it happened he said the dog ran off and he searched everywhere for it but never found it, unfortunately these things happen.

as was said earlier at least when u get in contact with the owner they will know what happened to their cat, so many people never find out what happens to their animals that go missing, even if their animals are chipped.

another thing to remember is that some heartless people dont even stop when they clearly know they have hit something, these are the people who should be ashamed, not the responsible people like you..

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Saskia Quinn — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:43:22 GMT

aw Les, I feel really awful for you. What a horrid thing to happen.

Touch wood I have never hit a dog or cat, but I did hit 2 badgers once and it really shook me up.

It wasnt your fault - it was an accident and please dont blame yourself.

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Vicky RVN — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:37:04 GMT

My sister text my yesterday morning to say she'd hit a cat and it didn't look good. She'd found the owner. She feels so awful about it, i tried to reassure her it's not her fault, these things happen. But i understand how you and my sister must feel, as much as you know it wasn't your fault you still feel guilty, i'm sure i would.

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les punton — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:05:46 GMT

thanks guys, I will phone the clinic where it was chipped tomorrow, hopefully get some info.

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Mrs Dot Dot — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:02:38 GMT

A nightmare!...... I, so far, touch wood, haven't knocked anything over... but I'm sure my time will come.... same as for everyone else..... it is one of the risks of driving..... you must feel awful but it happens, and sadly there is nothing you can do about it.

Hopefully the owner will come forward and at least they will know about their cat.... many owners don't get to find out about theirs.

Take care

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bongo — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:52:20 GMT

just because of our jobs it doesnt make us immune to doing such things, it's natural to feel the way you do.

i hope you start to feel better soon.

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Fiona Leathers — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:47:20 GMT

It must have been crap!! I killed a fox once and it really shook me up! Please don't worry too much - its a hazard of letting your cat out. The chip should be registered to a practice or shelter, so maybe you can owner's details from them.