So me and some friends were at ther was this baby bunny (maybe like 2 months old) running around the yard, and it runs out in the street and this bastard comes driving up in a van and my friend yelled to watch out for the bunny, but the driver ignored him and HIT the bunny! the bunny's leg was bleeding and there was blood all over the street. It was squirming around and like crying in pain! I almost started to cry...i felt SOOO bad for it. I wanted to help it...like anything! Just hold it, comfort it...It was very hard to watch. It eventually dragged itself to some shade under a plant and laid there. But What should I have done? I wanted to call animal control to maybe help it, but i thoght we should've put it out of it's misery and kill it. But I couldn't do that. Ahhh!! It was probably one of the saddest things i've EVER seen.
2007-08-31 17:48:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Sorry, i just realized the beginning doesn't make sense...
Me and some friends were out in my friends yard tossin a football around. and...
That should explain it better.
2007-08-31 17:50:40 · update #1
Yeah, it's so hard when you see something like that.
I know you wanted to help but I understand you couldn't
I would have called someone or taken it to a vet.
Even putting it out of its' misery would have been the kind thing to do, Rabbits bones don't heal all that well.
Just hope that it died quickly, next time if there is ever a next time and I hope for you there isn't, call the vet.
Maybe this could be a good career choice for you?
Have you ever thought of working for an animal welfare agency?
You sound very compassionate. ♥
2007-08-31 17:56:47 · answer #1 · answered by iamaustralian 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats a really hard question to answer. Because really there was nothing you could have done. If someone caught you killing the bunny you could get arrested, but its bad to let an animal suffer. Thats a really sad situation and I think its great that you feel that way, its good to see that people, especially men, still have compassion for animals. I hope you never have to go through this situation again. Unfortunatly there is not a lot you can do. Some vets will put the bunny down for you, but they aren't really allowed to. I think you did just fine, its too bad that the bunny is suffering. You should go back tomorrow and see if its still there, if its still alive call animal control.
2007-09-01 00:56:19 · answer #2 · answered by Brianna T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is the most difficult question I have ever answered. I will not say what you should have done, but rather what I would have done. If the rabbit was in the condition that it would not survive, it would be best to put it out of its misery.
What some do not understand about helping animals that are in similar situations is the pain that they are enduring. They do see the blood and guts of the animal and may think that comforting them is wise, however it is not humane in the case that you mentioned.
Your strong statement was to "kill" the animal and some would prefer you to say, "put it out of its misery". Either way, the same conclusion occurs. Even if you dragged it to a different location, it would still have suffered and died. In this instance, I would have put the animal in front of my vehicle and run over it to end the suffering. This is a very controversial position; however I stand by it.
There comes a time with both animals and humans as well, that a decision must be made regarding potential life. If I knew for a fact that the animal was not going to survive, it would be more humane to end it in any way that one would seem fit. It would not be logical or humane to make any other decision. To allow a life form to suffer and die a slow and painful death would not be my decision. It would be hard for me to be the demise of the animal, but I would choose that over the suffering it would endure.
I have experienced this situation first hand. There was a squirrel that I fed regularly in my neighborhood for a long time. We became close and he was not afraid of me and liked me giving him nuts. He crossed the street one day and was run over by a car and I saw it happen. It was extremely traumatic to me, and he was still alive, but barely and I knew he would not survive. I made one of the most important decisions of my entire life in ending his life, because I knew it was the right thing. I hope if I ever am in a similar situation that my family will also make that same decision for me.
Your posting has crushed me and caused me relive a life that I had not remembered for over 4 decades. My tears may not be important to you, but it might be for your "bunny". I have never been so moved by a posting such as yours.
2007-09-01 01:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Boomer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My little sisters bunny just died. It was really sad. We noticed it wasn't eating or drinking and was really lathargic a few days ago...So we took it to the vets, who told us it was dehidrated and there was nothing they could do, then proceeded to charge us 100 bucks for it. Whatever. Anyways I stayed up all night long keeping it alive and it was doing really good the next day. Then it started going down hill and it just died in my hands. I felt really bad for my little sister, she is 11 and that was her first pet. I kind of think it might have been better for the bunny if I had just let it die and not tried to keep it alive, I might have saved it some suffering. I don't know though. Anyways, sorry this is so long. I hope it helped, lol I don't see how but hey.
2007-09-01 01:03:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have called animal control. They're prepared to decide whether to try and save an animal...and will put it down, painlessly, if they see that it has little chance.
If there is a veterinary college in or near your town, animal control will sometimes bring hurt animals there...the student vets need experience, and often can save the animals. Most instructors, who supervise, are full-fledged vets.
In fact, they do this often for pets, whose owners would not normally be able to afford the expensive care that goes with saving an animal who's been in an accident. I don't mean to make you sadder than you are; just to give you some info, in case you see it happen again. I hope you don't-but now you knoow of another option.
2007-09-01 01:08:25 · answer #5 · answered by Levone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That happened to me once I was driving to the movies and I thought the friend that was driving saw the dogs but he sped up and didn't realizee it until he hit one of the dogs we called the police and they said that there was nothing they could do because the dog was ont he side on the road and to pretty much let him die it completly sucked and to make the day worse we were actually out for my friends' bday now everytime I drive I'm so carefull not to hit anything! I know its terrible to have witnessed that but there wasn't much you could do the vet would have more likely than not put the rabbit down as well. Just think of it as you let it go naturally!! But don't feel bad there is nothing you could have done differently.
2007-09-01 00:56:07 · answer #6 · answered by taken072304 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say.You could have tried to catch it and called or taken it to a wildlife center or vet,but let me tell you that wild rabbits are so sensitive to being handled by humans that it probably would have died from the shock and stress of being handled anyway.Or,you could have put it out of it's misery,if you knew how to do it humanely.What's happened has happened and you can't do anything now.If the bunny died,at least it died in the wild,where it was comfortable,and not frightened to death by humans handling it.
2007-09-01 00:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by Dances With Woofs! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very sad but it would have been merciful to have killed it rather than let it suffer. Once a rabbit is injured that badly they don't recover because their systems are so fragile. They don't take antibiotics well and it's difficult to keep them quiet while they are healing. It's very difficult to understand how such innocent creatures can suffer so much, but it happens and there is really not much you can do to stop it so long as humans keep building houses and taking away the animals' habitat.
2007-09-01 00:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by kcpaull 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Awww, it's okay. You didn't know what to do, it's not like it was someones dog or cat. Believe me lol, I saw a squirrel one time just laying there in pain and I stayed with it for like 30min. When I finally told someone they informed me that there wasn't anything that would be done for an animal like that. I guess they're just really discriminatory when it comes to which animals to care about. It's sad, but unless you know how to help them, sometimes there's just nothing you can do.
2007-09-01 00:59:53 · answer #9 · answered by JAS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aw that sucks! but that stuff happens in nature all the time. i think animal control just picks up animals that are already dead. i may be wrong but a cat showed up dead under my apt steps and they made a point to ask if i was positive it was dead already. they made me put it in a garbage bag myself!! i was crying and gagging at the same time i felt so bad/grossed out. rigor mortis had already set in so it took 2 garbage bags... 1 for the front end and 1 for the back.. it was a pretty big cat. definitely a stray alley cat. i know you felt bad but it probably would have been worse for you if you had to do what i did with animal control...
2007-09-01 00:57:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋