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Virtually every week in the Journal is a letter from a cat owner, or should I say ex-cat owner, who is complaining that someone has run over their cat and left it to die or left it dead.
Can I ask why these cats are allowed out? If you want a pet, please keep it in the house. Train it to a litter tray and don't let it out to soil neighbouring gardens and run across roads where motorists are driving at the speed limit. Yes I know motorists speed but even at 20 mph, a driver has no chance when a cat runs directly under your wheels.
A lot of times the driver won't even know they have hit the cat or in the case of myself once (and it was Hartlepool not here before I am accused), a cat (I think it was a cat) ran out and ran into my car as I was driving along - hit the side with a bang. I stopped and saw something in the road in my rear view mirror but it was night, not well lit with parked cars and I couldn't see the animal at all. Whether it crawled under a car or even survived I don't know. My wife had a similar incident once with a dog that managed to get out and ran straight into her wheel breaking it's neck.
Just looking on the web I see that an estimated 16 per cent of cats are injured crossing a road at some time in their lives and about one-quarter of these accidents are likely to be fatal.
I know speeding drivers are a danger to children as well but children can be trained to cross a road and you wouldn't expect a 3 year old to be out on their own.
So to ensure you keep your pet - keep it in please.
Can I ask why these cats are allowed out? If you want a pet, please keep it in the house. Train it to a litter tray and don't let it out to soil neighbouring gardens and run across roads where motorists are driving at the speed limit. Yes I know motorists speed but even at 20 mph, a driver has no chance when a cat runs directly under your wheels.
A lot of times the driver won't even know they have hit the cat or in the case of myself once (and it was Hartlepool not here before I am accused), a cat (I think it was a cat) ran out and ran into my car as I was driving along - hit the side with a bang. I stopped and saw something in the road in my rear view mirror but it was night, not well lit with parked cars and I couldn't see the animal at all. Whether it crawled under a car or even survived I don't know. My wife had a similar incident once with a dog that managed to get out and ran straight into her wheel breaking it's neck.
Just looking on the web I see that an estimated 16 per cent of cats are injured crossing a road at some time in their lives and about one-quarter of these accidents are likely to be fatal.
I know speeding drivers are a danger to children as well but children can be trained to cross a road and you wouldn't expect a 3 year old to be out on their own.
So to ensure you keep your pet - keep it in please.
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