well, i am still feeling a bit bummed out. all because of the death of a squirrel. sarah and i was walking home from running errands downtown she she screamed about seeing a squirrel on this lamp post. agaknyer the tupai was startled..started running of towards the road, just as this white minivan driven by an old lady was looking at sarah..it went under the van..but got hit by the back tire. i saw it scampering haphazardly under this tree and didn't see it come out.
i knew that it was hurt, but was just trying to make sure that it was okay. it tried running away from me, but i can tell that one side of the body is kinda broken you know..like it was not as strong as the other side..i saw the front paw and the back legs were affected. i can also see that it was weakening...so when it tried to run across to a bigger tree..i threw my coat over it, wrapped it up and carried it home. i figured , i could put it in a pet carrier, feed it a bit and call the vet...
i tell you...i was so hoping that he was going to be okay..that it was just a broken leg or paw you know...but i also could see how weak it was getting just by watching it giving up on trying to climb a low limb...anyway, brought it home..put it in the pet carrier and i knew that it was not a good sign when the squirrel lay on it's side and was not moving that much. figured that it was in shock at being in the house..so brought it out to the back yard..but by the it was breathing very hard..looks like dah nazak..i tried to make it move a bit you know, by stroking the fur..but i guess, he had a major internal injuries, because on the outside, he looked okay. i looked up to see what sarah was doing and when i looked down, the squirrel had breathed his last breath. sedih ahhh...even sarah was crying..she was telling me to wake him up and that all his family members will miss him. anyway, i buried him out back. just hate seeing animals die due to our carelessness. that or the fact that because we are driving, so to save our lives, we should not try and avoid running them over...well, that's the mentality of most motorists anyway.
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Kesiannn...i can understand what you wrote there..its never easy especially when it was lying in your eyes...your kindness to see to it insya'Allah,will be remembered :)Hugs*
I had experienced animal deaths here a couple too..Once, a heron,quite common along west coast rd here..was idling on the hiway rd and it was impossible to brake a stop to avoid running over the bird..herons bila nak terbang, take off really slow,not as fast as mynahs or sparrows..we all were in the car and rosman was like..gasping..I heard the sick sound of the car running over it and I was almost in a fit..repeating endless alamakk..ya Allah..ya Allah..i tell u..it was the worst of feelings..our car did that..hi way mcm mana nak stop..regrets,guilt tah apa2 lagi rasa..i wish we all could stop n pick it up but on road as that..not possible..cars keep in coming..haii..mintak2 kita di ampuni la..another ..a cat..no, bukan kena langgar..ni sedih naa..tak nak cita..hugs hugs..
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i once saw a kitten hit by a motorist..perut terburai kat tengah jalan..yg teramat sedih tu bila dengan sekejap mata, burung-burung gagak hitam datang membaham isi perut si anak kecil yg terburai..lagi bernyawa uu...amat derita sekali..perit hati yg memandang...dah lah nyawa di ujung nafas..di baham lagi..bayangkan kalau manusia pergi dlm keadaan serupa! kita ambil iktibar atas kematian..sesungguh nya, mati itu lah penasihat.
Sedihnye...!!! I'd cry too if I was there. :( Oh well, apa nak buat... dah fated that way... nak ajar these animals to be more careful when they cross the road pun tak boleh, so I guess we as human beings have to be as careful as we can when we're out there.
so sad!.... i hope sarah will get over it soon. It's a life experience that most children here take for granted. To me personally, animals should be given equal respect as humans.
Hugs!
nora
sri..i know..when sean ran over a racoon family..i was so distraught. like you said terbayang2 kan..yelah sometimes mmg last minute nak avoid mmg tak leh lah..but still sedih lah.you tak citer pun takperlah sri..i can guess what could have probably happen to that cat..sometimes i wonder hoe ppl can be so cruel ..tu yang i tak paham langsung lah.
mey..sean said that sometimes, he wished that he sould carry a stick of morphine on him just so he could inject these animals with it you know. kesian the ktten..but i guess, that is how nature is...food for others.
sweets..tulah..i'm kinda like on the fence lah..on one hand yeah it is nice and good you know being able to travel like that..but sometimes, when i see the road kill berlambak2 kat tepi road..i don't know..just wish that there's something that can be done you know. of course, perhaps this is nature's way of weeding out the weaker genes.
nora..tadi kan..jalan2 lagi she mentioned again..biasalah..at this age..they all macam rekod rosak sehhh...kept saying it over and over again..finally i told her that i don't want to talk about it..told her to change the subject. ni lah kalau dapat mak very sensitif macam i eh ..
awww kak rosma..huggles for u and sarah..i cried when i was probably her age when one by one my pet rabbits( i have 4) died too refusing to buy other rabbits sampailah lah hari ni,ni pun Dan baru sound nak look for rabbits.
Anyway,I can understand why it affect you cos it happened right in front of your eyes..but like kak sri said may your kind towards the animal always be remembered.
slm kak ros,
moga akk dan keluarga sihat2 hendaknya,amin..alahai, siannye squirrel tu,huhu..takpela kak, dah sampai ajal dia..:) kekadang mmg benda2 camtu tak bleh dielakkan..lelagi depa byk cross street tanpa kita sedar..kat mesia smlm ada org langgar tapir besar macam lembu besar dia,huhu..sedih je..org tu lari..haiwan tu kira dilindungi..
zee..hai samalah..when i first lost my cat...wahh..the pain and sadness cannot take it. told myself that i will not have pets anymore..and look at me now..i have 5 cats..hee hee! yelah..cannot stand to see the road kill also..kesian seh...
salams faisal :) tulah kesian nengok dia lari lepas kena langgar. samalah macam kat sini..lagi langgar rusa..rusa tu pun besar kan..and lepas tu ..diorang biarkan kat tepi jalan. kesian tapir tu..kena seberang jalan nak cari makan.
ada hikmah disebalik setiap kejadian... blessing in disguise..
wow... your photographic skills are simply excellent... nice capture la :)
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