The Luck of the Squirrel!

Absolutely...why do some people hit them for sport? I guess maybe they do by the number of road kills I see...can't all be accidents. Not my idea of a fun time...hit an animal...watch it die..or lie there injured..the thought makes me shudder. As a true blue (or green0 nature lover I will capture a spider in a glass and put it outside rather than kill it. The only things that get whacked are mosquitoes and ticks...if they invade my body...they are gonners. Oh I forgot ablout flies...I won't allow them to live in the house...for all I know they could just have been in the litter pan...and now their crawling on our food!!! Ysssh...that is an unpalatable thought...all part of my Rambo code of clean, healthy living. Beyond that from my perspective the rest of creation has as much right to be here as I do.

killing an animal wheter it was an accident or it was done intentionally is considered to be so cruel...even though they are only an animal they too have the right to live and the right to be respected like any human being, for they too are living beings..let us be fair in treating every living individual in this world..

That is very kind of you. My friend would kill it for meat if they saw it on the road. Bur I would never kill any animal. Their lives are the same as our lives. They love their lives like we love our lives. I would slow down my vehicle.

In Nigeria, we would delight in running over any wild animal that cuts our path as it will provide a good 'bush meat'. Such occurences are rare though, maybe because we may have hunted and killed a greater number of them already. Domestic animals are spared though. Most people would restrain themselves from hitting such because it belongs to someone else.

Hi, I always try not to hit anything that may be crossing on the road. However, it will depend on the circumstances of traffic around me. If swerving or slowing down to much is going to cause an accident, then Iwill just keep going. There is no sense killing the animal and then everything in my car as well. cheers,

I ran over a raccoon once. That sucker has nine lives because i felt the car jolted and It lived. I was so upset but i ran off into the woods.

I think that anybody with a heart would try to avoid hitting an animal running accross the street in front of you, im even sure i would do this even if there was somebody behind me. That is pure instinct. I have run a few animals down in my time as a driver, simply coz most times you do not really stand a chance, and i feel bad every time it happens, and feel just as bad for running down a squirrel as i do for a reindear.