Quote Originally Posted by Dodie16 View Post

I do have sort of a sad story in relation to the topic. I was driving to class one day, and on my way I saw a cat. He/she had been hit by a car (I assume because it was near the road. I didn't actually see it get hit), but it didn't die. It was jerking and twitching all over the place, and I could just see how much pain it was in. I felt really sorry for the poor thing, but I knew that there really was nothing I could do for it, so I kept driving. I felt guilty about just leaving it like that. I still do, because what if I could have saved it by taking it to the vet? Poor thing...
This totally reminds me of when I was driving up in the backwoods upstate, around 1am. A deer got hit by something in the middle of the road, and as I drove past it, it looked up at me. I really didn't know what to do, but it was definitely in bad shape. I called the police, since the deer was a big one, taking up both lanes. They came in about 5 mins, and the one cop asked me if I wanted it for a trophy. I said no, and he pulled out his gun and shot it in the head. He told me that it's not worth it to try and save them when they get hit like that, since they'll probably just go out and do it again, and the best thing is just to put them out of their misery.