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 2009-08-10 11:05 AM |
Regular  186   SW VA |  Subject: So on my ride this weekend...I was riding with a group this weekend and we came upon what appeared to be a road killed ground hog, nothing unusual... Except this one had only been partially run over. Just the back half of the poor lil guy had been hit and it was trying to drag itself out of the road. I felt bad watching it struggle and knew its last moments were going to be miserable. Rather that just ride by like everyone (which I do not judge as wrong) I stopped and intervened. Most everyone in the group thought I was nuts and couldn't believe I would even care... so I'm wondering - What say you? Anyone else ever do such a thing? |
| 2009-08-10 11:06 AM in reply to: #2338580 |
Champion 9600   Fountain Hills, AZ | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... |
| 2009-08-10 11:07 AM in reply to: #2338580 |
Regular 169 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... twice with deer, I wasn't biking at the time though. |
| 2009-08-10 11:09 AM in reply to: #2338580 |
Regular 186 SW VA | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Yeah a rock seemed to be the most effective solution available. I moved both out of the road after. |
| 2009-08-10 11:17 AM in reply to: #2338580 |
| 126 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... then my hat is off to you..... i would not have the power to do what you did but it needed to be done..... my brother is like you, so i would have called him and said "hey go take care of this".... i'm a wimp nice work |
| 2009-08-10 12:02 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Master 1610 Kirkland, WA | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... you could have just ridden over his other half with your bike  no stopping necessary! |
| 2009-08-10 12:07 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... You did the humane thing. Poor little animal. I personally would not have been able to do it. But you did the right thing for it. |
| 2009-08-10 12:26 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Master 2638 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Good for you for putting him out of his misery. I don't think I would have been so tough. |
| 2009-08-10 12:34 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Master 1702 Southern Ontario | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Good for you. I often worry that this will happen to me and I don't know if I'll have the strength to do it myself. I tell myself that if I'm in a car I could use the exhaust and a plastic bag. |
| 2009-08-10 2:08 PM in reply to: #2338894 |
Member 381 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Silver_wlf - 2009-08-10 11:34 AM Good for you. I often worry that this will happen to me and I don't know if I'll have the strength to do it myself. I tell myself that if I'm in a car I could use the exhaust and a plastic bag. by "this", I assume you mean come across a terminally wounded animal that needs compassionate relief and *not* being half run over by a car and left for dead trying to figure out how to finish the job. in either case, I suppose the exhaust would work quickly and would not add any pain or suffering. |
| 2009-08-10 2:53 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Pro 6011 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... |
| 2009-08-10 2:54 PM in reply to: #2339354 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... TriMyBest - 2009-08-10 2:53 PM This is why everyone should carry a firearm when they bike. GREAT POINT!!!!  |
| 2009-08-10 3:23 PM in reply to: #2339354 |
Pro 6767 the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... TriMyBest - 2009-08-10 3:53 PM This is why everyone should carry a firearm when they bike. Or a machete. Never know when the road kill turns out to be a zombie groundhog! |
| 2009-08-10 3:39 PM in reply to: #2339461 |
| Member 46 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... gearboy - 2009-08-10 3:23 PM TriMyBest - 2009-08-10 3:53 PM This is why everyone should carry a firearm when they bike. Or a machete. Never know when the road kill turns out to be a zombie groundhog! Or just good eatin..... Hullo from Arkansas |
| 2009-08-10 3:39 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Pro 6520 Bellingham, WA | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020rWhIBKxvsAHsKjzbkF/SIG=12409r686/EX... Maybe you were a little too hasty. He could have still had a chance at a productive life. |
| 2009-08-10 3:40 PM in reply to: #2339461 |
Veteran 307 Montréal | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... gearboy - 2009-08-10 4:23 PM TriMyBest - 2009-08-10 3:53 PM This is why everyone should carry a firearm when they bike. Or a machete. Never know when the road kill turns out to be a zombie groundhog! x2 A machete is a must |
| 2009-08-10 4:04 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Expert 961 Illinois _ Chicago area | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... mrmcmasty - 2009-08-10 11:05 AM I was riding with a group this weekend and we came upon what appeared to be a road killed ground hog, nothing unusual... Except this one had only been partially run over. Just the back half of the poor lil guy had been hit and it was trying to drag itself out of the road. I felt bad watching it struggle and knew its last moments were going to be miserable. Rather that just ride by like everyone (which I do not judge as wrong) I stopped and intervened. Most everyone in the group thought I was nuts and couldn't believe I would even care... so I'm wondering - What say you? Anyone else ever do such a thing? I would have stopped, but don't know if I could have done anything other than cry...perhaps fashion a sling out of my bike jersey and transport it to a vet. You think I'm joking. |
| 2009-08-10 6:05 PM in reply to: #2339598 |
| Member 39 Eagle River, Alaska | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Once did the same thing with a squirrel while driving my car. I felt terrible about it for weeks... but think it was the right thing. |
| 2009-08-10 6:37 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... On a ride, I came across two crows ripping a robin in half. Horribly eh? Each one had a wing and were pulling it apart. I got of my bike and was ready to intervene, but then I realized that the robin would now probably die anyway, and it I intervened, it would probably suffer longer than if the crows finished with it. |
| 2009-08-10 7:53 PM in reply to: #2338580 |
Veteran 215 | Subject: RE: So on my ride this weekend... Wow, you're tough. I could not have done it. But it would have been a horrible thing to watch. Good for you. |
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