To the fucking douchbag piece of shit who ran over my baby on chebucto Rd the evening of Sept 4th. Fuck you asshole, you could have slowed the fuck down seeing as it was 1 in the morning and the chance of a milticar pile up was…impossible. Fucking murdering son of a bitch. Wheezy was a four month old black cat. He was the best, he was my baby, and will be greatly missed. To other parents of kitties, do not let them play frogger. Move somewhere where they are not tempted to cross the street to see what’s on the other side. Also, fuck you HRM, I buried my cat. I hope you get tossed away into the fucking trash when you die. Fuckbots.
This article appears in Sep 4-10, 2008.
The responsibility to keep the cat safe is yours. Pets sometimes get out accidents happen; other than that Why was the cat outside?It frustrates me to no end when cat owners allow their animal outside and off leash. If you let your pet out off leash This is what happens in the city.I truly am sorry about your pet, I have a pet too. but its not the drivers fault.
Sorry about the loss of your cat. Your cats death is partly your fault for letting it out in the first place. Unless of course, the cat was on a lease that you were holding and you were almost killed too, that would be a whole different story.
I’m so sorry about your poor kitty. This is the number one reason my kitty is strictly an indoor cat (that, and I live on the top floor of a 5 floor apartment building). I honestly don’t know of anyone who would intentionally cause an accident putting human lives at stake for a cat that suddenly shoots out into the street. If the driver has the choice of driving into oncoming traffic, or unfortunately hitting the cat, I believe most people would go the route of hitting the cat and NOT maiming or killing themselves and/or others. If you’re going to put a young kitty outside…use a harness and a long enough leash so the kitty gets a limited amount of roaming space (of course, you’ll need a yard to do this…). My brother had a cat for over 15 years that roamed the backyard quite freely on a harness and a long leash. Cats can be leashed, and if started when they are young, they will totally get used to it.As for moving somewhere where kitty won’t be tempted to cross the street…dude, cats, although territorial, are curious by nature, and will ALWAYS want to cross the street to check stuff out. Unless you expect all cat owners to move to the middle of the woods…your suggestion is moot. As for HRM…what is THAT about? Did you put your cat’s corpse in the garbage and they refused to take it?? Not very clear on what you were trying to say there…but if that is the case, HRM isn’t responsible for the disposal of your pet’s remains. Take it to a vet, and they will do it for you…for a fee, of course…vets LOVE to charge you for everything!
I used to live in yarmouth where I got wheezy. I also have two two year old black cats. In yarmouth wheezy was an outdoor cat. Its my fault, I’m a terrible parent, I should have kept him on a leash. I would keep them all indoors if I wasn’t renting one bedroom within a house. I just wonder if wheezy dashed out infront of the car, or was taking his time like he usually does. If it was the latter, I can’t help but feel pissed at this unknown person for not slowing down. Between one and four in the morning there’s very few cars. No one would have got hurt. It is a law that no driver can stop to allow small animals to cross and must just hit them and keep going. I wonder if that applies to when there’s no other cars nearby? As for my comment about HRM, it is illigal to bury pets. You are expected to dispose of them a different way. I just assumed that meant the garbage. The vet thing never occured to me, however I’m not sure I’m down with that. Ofcourse I didn’t put my dead fucking cat in the trash. Lol WTF!I cried my face off this morning when he wasn’t there sleeping on my head. My poor baby, RIP. I’m so sorry.
I agree; The driver could have stopped IF they saw the cat sometimes, sadly you zig, they zig when the should zag. I’m really sorry about wheezy 🙁
although unlikely, there ARE some people (sociopaths) that will actually go out of their way to intentionally hit cats and other small animals that are on the side of road, just for the ‘fun’ of it… i’ve seen it happen.in this case, given that it was at night and the cat was black, the driver probably didn’t see the animal in time to react, although s/he should have at least pulled over and try to help (humane decency?), and/or call the police to give a statement about what happened, which might also give the cat owner some peace of mind. an apology wouldn’t hurt either, it would’ve been the decent thing to do.i find that motorists drive too FAST in this city, especially through residential neighbourhoods, and late at night, some streets become like a drag strip (mine certainly does). there are just too many careless yahoos not driving defensively.anyway, drivers please SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION to what’s happening around you, and learn to ANTICIPATE potential accidents… it’s called defensive driving (a skill that seems to be lacking among many).hopefully Wheezy didn’t suffer (too much)
@kaylee – unceremoniously tossing a member of your family into a dumpster, after being run down by a car, seems like a brutal indignity and disrespectful of the joyful memories that kitty left you with.fuck HRM (those idiots have their heads buried up each other’s asses)… if i were you, i’d bury Wheezy in the backyard, where he belongs (with permission from your landlord). just make sure you do it properly, deep enough, and maybe plant a small tree/bush/flowers over top of him. don’t wrap his body in plastics or anything that would prevent decomposition (a cardboard box is ok to use). you want wheezy to decompose quickly and thus provide nutrients to the soil.you could also have him cremated, but that’s a hideously wasteful process. imo, going back to the earth, straight into the ground, is the proper thing to do, for all animals, including humans.
Awwww… OMG, poor kitty! That breaks my heart! And anyone who purposely runs over little critters seriously deserves to get run over themselves!
As a pet owner, you were responsible for your animal’s whereabouts. I feel badly for your cat, but have little sympathy for you. Anyone who knowingly lets their animal roam the city should realize it’s just a matter of time before it gets run over. It’s a ROAD, not a playground for your cat. Blaming the driver makes no sense. Since you were sleeping, apparently, you don’t even know what happened. Did your cat have a collar so an upset driver could try to identify its home? If you want something to cuddle, perhaps you should consider a teddy bear next time.
black cat….. at night… and you are calling the driver all kinds of names? Oh dear, some people refuse to accept any part in shit nowadays.
This thread made me remember that people have feelings. I forget that when it comes to online communications.
Lots of sympathy here people. Christ, what a bunch of idiots. If it was some squeegee bum’s dog you’d all probably be organizing a memorial service. Some cats like being outside. It’s their nature. It brings with it a risk, yes. That doesn’t reduce the OPs need to grieve. It was probably some dumbass kid in a clapped out riceburner… there are a lot of them around driving like fools. Last night I saw a beat-up Honda proceed up my street at a great rate of speed, complete with fartpipe exhaust, before the fool realized he was in the wrong place. He pulls into a driveway to do a 3-point turn. As he was backing out, CRUNCH! The jerk backs into the car parked across the way, hard. What does he do? Beats it the hell out of there, even turning off his lights so his plate number couldn’t be seen. That’s the type of mindset you are dealing with.
Well my comment was more a “hindsight is 20/20” kind of deal…I actually have a pin that says “Yes, I love my cat as much as you love your child”. I have lost 2 cats in the past, and each time destroyed me inside for a long time afterwards. My “favorite” was the blank stare I got from a previous supervisor at work, the day after I had to have my kitty Moe put down due to kidney failure. The supervisor’s response? “Yeah. That’s rough.”, and then he walked away. I was crying at the time I was telling him (I had to explain because I wasn’t at work the day before…I was trying to get my kitty to a vet and had to take him almost 2 hours by bus to Dartmouth). People who don’t own pets, or people who treat their pets as possessions instead of loving them (which pisses me off), do NOT understand the grief you go through.
Keith you’re an idiot. Start your own thread about “rice burners” and I’ll be more than happy to explain why.Noone said the OP couldn’t grieve, in fact most of the posts express sympathy.
So it was a black cat, and it was between 1:00 and 4:00am. What are the chances that the driver even saw your cat? A four month old kitten is pretty tiny. The driver probably thought he’d run over a tree branch or something. It’s ver sad that you lost your cat, but blaming it on the driver is ridiculous.
Kaylee, I saw Wheezy on the grass under the tree on Friday morning on my way to work. I was and am very sad for you. I think maybe though, that the person who hit him must have put him on the grass out of the way like that, so that he wouldnt get run over repeatedly in the street by the next drivers. At least that’s how it looked to me. I was just hoping his owner would find him before all the little kids saw him on their way to school.