I saw a dog get killed this morning. It rained a bit in the valley last night. There was lots of thunder and lightening. Animals get afraid during the Monsoons - especially dogs. Seeing this gorgeous dog die is haunting image in my mind tonight.
We hear about children being hit by cars all the time. I would never want to witness such an occurrence.
Driving in the far left line, I was toodling down the road going about 35 miles an hour. I reached over to change the radio station - trying to see who McCain would be picking as the Vice President running mate.
A white SUV overtook me in the far right lane. The male driver was driving at least 60 miles in a 35 mph zone. Two dogs were running in an open field. It happened quickly. The dog was just trying to cross the street and was hit by the SUV right passenger tires, thrown into the air and landed on the opposite side of the street. Cars traveling the opposite direction stopped to help the poor German shepherd.
And what about the SUV that killed this beautiful dog, well the SUV just preceded speeding down the street. I wonder if the children riding in the backseat realized what had happened.
It's going to be a long holiday weekend. There are storms all around the country. Drivers, slow down. This gorgeous creature was someone's beloved pet that probably got loose during last night's thunderstorm. The sight of this dog being hit will tug on my heart for a long time. This very well could have been a child.
Last year I was trying to adopt a feral cat and was being somewhat successful, but she just didn't like being inside at night. One morning she didn't return. A lady a couple of streets over called me, and I went to pick up my little black cat. The lady had been kind enough to wrap Sophie in some old towels and place her on the curb under a tree. I made the mistake of opening the towel to see if it was truly Sophie. The image will forever be with me. Fortunately, I immediately went down to the animal shelter and adopted another cat, Zoey. She's an indoor cat.
With many animals at night, their pupils are fully dilated to bring in as much light as possible to see around in the darkness. When that car comes around the corner with blinding headlights, the animal is instantly blinded and, being blinded, doesn't know where to turn. That's when they get hit, or when they try to run while disoriented.
Russell, I know that it is an accident, but sometimes the accident can be averted. I empathize with you and the loss of Sophie - our pets are like surrogate children.