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If you do check with the various Humane Society
websites on where you shot an animal. There are various places on each
animal that is more kind than others. Quite literally a bullet will bounce
off the skull of some, causing more pain. Believe it or not, there are
guidelines showing where to shoot.
I still can't believe the
vets....................
If you have men who will exclude any of God's
creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their fellow
man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: groundhog
Michelle,
I'm sorry about both of these losses. I've been in similar
circumstances with wildlife. I'm actually considering getting a gun to
put an animal out of its misery and I HATE guns.....
This is not about a cat, but with Gray gone I feel I want to tell
people who will understand, and ask you to pray if there is a reason to pray
when someone is gone. Today while I was driving on a highway the car in the
front of me hit a groundhog. It happened a few feet in front of me. The
groundhog's back end was hurt, but he or she dragged herself off the road
and into the woods, down a ravine, and was trying to get around. I went into
the woods after her, and she collapsed. I picked the groundhog up with a
towel and put her in my car, and proceeded to make about 20 phone calls to
vets and wildlife rehabilitators. No vets would help, all the rehabbers had
answering machines saying they were full, and after about a half hour the
groundhog died in my car. I brought him/her back to woods near where
he or she lived, and put her under a tree there. It was so awful. I feel so
sad, and I feel bad that if the groundhog was going to die, it had to be in
my car rather than in the woods where it felt safe. So if you
pray for those who have died, please add this groundhog to your prayers. And
for the living, my friend Stephanie's dog Gunnar, a 12 year old shephard who
had a really really hard life before she adopted him 2 years ago, who is
having very sudden and serious neurological problems that have been
diagnosed as encephalitis, and he is not responding to medications thus far.
And of course Lucy, who goes up and down like a yo yo, and is not feeling so
good right now.
Thanks,
Michelle
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