Dogs/cats Getting Run Over By Cars

[TopDogger]

A car going over a big dog twice doesn't kill it (at least not for a few hours or maybe days?).

To the posters who think that reversing back over a cat or dog will end its misery, think again. Unless you happen to drive over the skull, it won't.

It would depend on how fast your going, I hit one before @ 160kmph and it split in 2 and went flying up in the air. The bumper was a real mess. I think most people could hit a coke can in reverse if they wanted.

The fact is that these dog's shouldn't be on the road in the first place, the people responsible for them getting run over are those who have dumped them @ the temple when there no longer cute and cudley. It should be accepted that people still eat dog in thailand then they could round all the strays up and take them up north to be eaten.

[PeaceBlondie]

In my moobahn, there are no real strays. Some of the wanderers, like my own dog to a 100-meter radius of the home, lie in the street and obstruct traffic. But in a moobahn with wide streets and lots of vacant lots, it is okay. But time and again, in various other places, dogs are in the street, on the road, right around the corner, etc. Tonight I nearly hit a dog who was awake and just lying in the road, very dangerously. I nearly died when I hit a dog just outside of Mae Taeng.

Dogs are lovely pets, but they do not belong out on the road. If you kill them accidentally, just keep driving and do not worry about it.

[jubby]

I've been driving 25+ years in the UK. Never hit a dog, had a few rabits & pheasants unfortunately.

Last year I hit two Typical Thai Mongrels here in Thailand, on both occasions I saw them, slowed down and gave them a wide berth, but they decided to try to get under my wheels anyway. They both seemed to survive and limped away before I could do anything. My own mongrel also decided to run under the wheels of a school bus which was only travelling slowly. The bus didn't stop and the Dog managed to crawl using its front paws to my gate before collapsing, the back end was in a bad way. I thought for a few minutes and then hit it with a shovel. It did cause me a bit of distress but I guess I'd do it again. Don't know what thais would do in the same situation. I guess they'd do something different ; I do know that the neigbour scooped it up before my Kids came home from school and washed it down with lao Khao. I see lots of Pups in the village every year, then lots of Older Dogs, and then lots of pups again in a sort of cycle, We all know where the Old Dogs go if they don't end up under a vehicle. I wont be getting attached to any more Thai Mongrels.

[girlx]

i find it very hypocritical that Thais won't put a suffering animal out of it's misery, but they are happy to poison whole litters of puppies periodically.

[sweetchariot]

Can't be bothered to read the whole thread, as I know there will be too many bleeding heart animal lovers whinging.

I just read the title, what would I do? Reverse back over the flea ridden thing to ensure it can't procreate any more flea ridden mangey beasts.

[Misplaced]

i find it very hypocritical that Thais won't put a suffering animal out of it's misery, but they are happy to poison whole litters of puppies periodically.

just the very few heartless Thais.

[a2396]

This is very sad. Actually, I find that people here are quite careful. Killing a dog or cat brings with it bad Karma. I often see people slow way down and swerve. The difficulty is that so many dogs have gotten used to cars stopping for them that they assume they all will and then someone comes by who isn't paying attention and it's sad.

What is even more sad is that if you take it to the vet, they won't put it down.

Maybe they should just give the roads over to the dogs? They lay in the middle most of the time like they own it already anyway. The prolifiration of these strays & other wandering mutts, is a pain in the a$$, for reasons to numerous to mention. They need to get rid of 50% of them for starters. Bad Karma? I hope you don't believe thsi.

[Mosha]

What gets me is that when a street dog is killed, it is days before someone does anything. Every cat/dog that we have have had die on us, whether from traffic or snakes, is in the ground behind our house. Our Burmese maid has all the plots marked.

[TopDogger]

What gets me is that when a street dog is killed, it is days before someone does anything. Every cat/dog that we have have had die on us, whether from traffic or snakes, is in the ground behind our house. Our Burmese maid has all the plots marked.

lol.. Pet cemetery.

[canuckamuck]

Apply blunt heavy object to cranium in rapid motion, repeat if necessary.

[uptou]

Apply blunt heavy object to cranium in rapid motion, repeat if necessary.

This would be the most humane approach.Although having witnessed a dog being run over here once before,i realised at the time,dissapointingly,that i lacked the stomach to go through with it,but i think that the dog was seconds away from dying anyway,& the twitching was just its nervous system.

Absolutely choked to see it.

[lioness]

I am not giving an opinion, just asking a question

Technocracy said " the animal shouldn't be on the road in the first place"

I would be interested to know just what the laws are or is it a case of drivers believing that dogs shouldn't be on the road.

Maybe from the dogs point of view, all the cars shouldn't be on the road... and so on and so forth.

[TopDogger]

Apply blunt heavy object to cranium in rapid motion, repeat if necessary.

This would be the most humane approach.Although having witnessed a dog being run over here once before,i realised at the time,dissapointingly,that i lacked the stomach to go through with it,but i think that the dog was seconds away from dying anyway,& the twitching was just its nervous system.

Absolutely choked to see it.

When you've seen the same with humans on a few occasions, seeing a dod getting splattered will cause no more discomfort than a fly hitting your windscreen.

Edited April 12, 2008 by TopDogger

[TopDogger]

Maybe from the dogs point of view, all the cars shouldn't be on the road... and so on and so forth.

They should have a road tax sticker nailed to their asses then.

[joskydive]

Maybe from the dogs point of view, all the cars shouldn't be on the road... and so on and so forth.

They should have a road tax sticker nailed to their asses then.

We're all animals in a lot of respects: All have hearts. All have faces. All want to enlarge our families, or just have the fun in trying.

I was always taught to treat others with the same respect as I would desire for myself and what you sow you reap, so, I can only say to you - Hope they give you the same hospitality when they take over the world and hope they find a nice long rusty nail for your butt!!!

[uptou]

Apply blunt heavy object to cranium in rapid motion, repeat if necessary.

This would be the most humane approach.Although having witnessed a dog being run over here once before,i realised at the time,dissapointingly,that i lacked the stomach to go through with it,but i think that the dog was seconds away from dying anyway,& the twitching was just its nervous system.

Absolutely choked to see it.

When you've seen the same with humans on a few occasions, seeing a dod getting splattered will cause no more discomfort than a fly hitting your windscreen.

Not a dog lover TopDogger???

Why should (I) feel less for the dog?

[girlx]

QUOTE (canuckamuck @ 2008-04-12 14:13:17)

Apply blunt heavy object to cranium in rapid motion, repeat if necessary.

i guess i agree but i just could never bring myself to do it. isn't there an easier way to kill something instantly?

[permanent_disorder]

Ask yourself what you would do were it a rat? Then act in the same way.

yes, thats the way you should see it.

...serious health risks and environmental concerns are the real

issue. The bacteria, viruses, and internal parasites contained in dog

waste are communicable and harmful to humans - especially children and

the elderly.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, pet waste has

been identified as a major cause of "nonpoint source pollution" (NPS)....

Dog Poop: It's Not Just on the Lawn, It's in Your Drinking Water

i found some statistics for what we can say "thank you" to the dog lovers, in berlin (germany) they are responsible for 21.000 tons of shit per year, in paris (france) 5.800 tons per year, in San Francisco 6.500 tons per year. and dogs transmit diseases and not just only rabies. dogs attack people, mainly children and the elderly. okay it's very few fatal attacks, but also the minor incident cause harm. stress people, terryfing them, loss of work and school time, cost of health care.

so what is if you come home after a bad day (because you stepped in dog shit just minutes before the interview for the new job) and not have "dog that greets you like a long-lost friend" but you just have to learn that you 5 years old daughter got bite by a dog and on your holiday on the beach a week later she can not go swim because the bite wound shows a serious infection and the water is also contaminated with E.coli by dog shit.

if its a pet dog, okay we can hope the owners collect the dog shit, train the dog that he don't bite other people, protect our house from whatever. but what is with all the dogs stray free on the streets, if the get sick don't get a treatment by a vet but carry on to infect other dogs and animal and humans too, spray the disease. cause accidents with motobike drivers. scares the shit out of your grandma, with the barking noise don't let you sleep at night time, so that your are not well rested for your job as school bus driver? and so on.

don't say it's idiotic to compare dogs with rats.

if you see a dog on the road, remember your lessons from the driving school: never to swerve for an animal, because that can lead to greater harm.

if you see a badly injured dog from a traffic accident, all you can do is relief him from his pain, finally. if you have an emotional blockade to do that, maybe it helps if you ask yourself what you would do were it a rat

[distortedlink]

What a horrific story. I think if was at that scene, I wouldn't have known what to do.

Three years ago whilst on my motorbike in Hang Dong, Chiang Mai I came across a large cat lying in the left hand side of the road. The cat's rear body had been crushed, obviously run over and it was desperately trying to move and get it's self up. It was 1.00 in the morning, just me on my motorbike and the cat, no one else around.

It was an agonising site. This is Thailand, no organisations such as the RSPCA to come to the rescue. In the end all I could do was drive away.

I have 2 dogs. These animals are never allowed off my property and are safe. Luckily the land is quite big and my dogs are happy and well cared for. Although sometimes I do feel guilty about keeping my dogs confined to an area, a sort of prison for them I suppose, to let them go on walkabouts outside to mingle with stray diseased dogs, traffic and contaminated domestic rubbish often dumped on the surrounding areas would mean certain death for my pets.

Edited April 12, 2008 by distortedlink