Wounded animals - WARNING - UNPLEASANT POST

I'm with you V8Diesel.

Cheers
Michael

I remember the last post on this.
twas the kindest thing you could do.....
NickR

V8 D Good on you , I would of done the same.

Scoof

I was going away a few years ago & had the same experience with a kangaroo.
It had been left with hideous injuries by some scumbag/s to die an agonising death.

As asked previously, what options do you have when you are miles from anywhere?

My only option was a mattock handle, which fortunately was quick & merciful.

It totally ruined the holiday for all concerned, I still think about it to this day.

I would be cruel to leave him there. I would have done the same

Glad to hear there are some people like you v8diesel.

It's hard to comprehend how some people can be so callous and inhuman.

I wonder how they would feel if left suffering in agonising pain!

Well done .

During the filming of The Man From Snowy river a horse broke a leg . The professional horsemen dispatched it quickly by hitting it on the head with an axe . The RSPCA dragged them into court charged with cruelty in relation to the method of the euthanasia . Common sense prevailed and the case was thrown out . The RSPCA would no doubt have been happy to have the horse remain in agony waiting for a vet or the police . You have to wonder .

Good on you.

Nasty situation.

Feel for the animal.

I find those situations still haunt you for a while, but not much else you could do.

How can some one leave an animal like that?
Still alive and in agony.
So what if it takes and hour or so to track down the owner.
Sometimes a 2nd opinion might recover the animal.

I accidently ran over a cat and killed it. Black cat on a dark road and no moon, and it darted out. No chance. So I door knocked the street till I found the owner and let them know what happened.
Felt it was the least I could do rather than leaving it dead in the gutter, but it wasn't easy. Didn't know if I was going to get flattened or not.

Part of the point I was trying to raise was some previous poster's arguing that this may be illegal or against regulations along the road or in any National Park etc. Also feral or not, no creature should suffer like that if it's in any way avoidable.

I cannot fathom how they'd argue that point and walk away. There is clearly a right and a wrong course of action as a human being, whatever the current regulations say.

Good on you V8deisel.

It would have been bloody hard to do I can only imagine, but the alternative is not an alternative if you know what I mean.

I dread the day it happens to me and hope I have the same fortitude as you seem to have displayed.

Well done.

He was blessed you were there V8 Diesel...

Well done V8Diesel, I think that the majority of people would have done the same, (well at least I hope so) the only humane thing to do. We would definitely have done the same. There are so many different animals that you can hit up there. Unusual to see dead goats on the side of the road, they seem to get out of the way.

Cheers

I all for shooting any goat actually

Cheers
Greg

would have done the same..

was the goat taged??

goats in many places are ferral and are culled like wild pigs..

regardles of ferral or not though, it needed to be dealt with quickly

donks

Well done V8 Diesel, needed to be done and you made the correct choice. Just reading this reminded me of a Rottie I saw on Northern rd this morning heading to work, half laying out from gutter and and his head just past the side line in the actual lane. Dead as and had a truck up my arse so did a u turn further down at the lights and went back but just as I turned back a copper was there so kept going but bought a tear to the eye as I have a rottie as well and thought the poor people that own it and probably the kids pet as well. But I'm glad the copps did the right thing and moved it as it would have had its head crushed with out fail with the trucks that travel that road in the mornings would have been bad enough for the owners let alone seeing it ran over by a truck as well. Good on ya bloody do gooders have no fricken idea. Regards Steve M

Yes Diesel IMHO you did the right thing. Goat or any other animal, they do not deserve to endure pain like that that inevitably ends on death. Good job mate.

Had to tonk a roo on my honeymoon (that is not a euphamism) for the same reason. Its a awful thing to have to do but I believe the correct thing.

I've come across this type of situation many times, particularly tourist walking around in circles attempting to call the local Vet on the Satellite phone. No thought seems to be given to the fact that the vet is two hundred Klms (or more) from the the scene.

I had one case where I was attacked by a woman tourist for belting an Emu over the head that had a broken back.

All suffering animals should be put down. However, a word of warning. Be careful when approaching an injured animal.

If the animal is large, such as a Brahman or Buffalo and you don't have a rifle, drive the front wheels onto the neck of the animal and suffocate it.

May not sound good, but that's the way it is.

Regards

Kim

Well done.

It's bit hard beating an animal to death (unless it's a cat LOL) but it was the decent and humane thing to do.

Yeah, you got my vote.
Cheers,
Bros.

You have my support V8Diesel, though I'm a bit disappointed you did not eat him, its good meat on a spit. Lol

The topic came up on ABC Radio in Sydney this arvo. A woman was killed when she swerved to miss an echidna and that prompted the discussion.

They had an advanced driving instructor talk about the driving part and then a guy from wires talked about what to do if you do injure or come across an injured animal. His opinion was that if you are comfortable with doing it and have the means you should end the suffering. But he said that if to do so would traumatise you or those around you then you should leave it.

Personally I would feel the need to do what I could for the animal even though I am very uncomfortable doing that sort of thing, but I would minimise the impact of such an action on my family. They would be moved well away from the area to a place where they could not see what was happening.

I can understand how even the thought of doing this could make some people ill. But for me it's a case of the lesser of two evils.

Duncs

All is good Deisel. It rips my heart out to see any animal suffer being the animal lover I am. Forever finding dumps and strays, bring them home, get them fit and healthy and find them loving homes.
I'll never forget once I pulled into the servo and noticed these 3 birds just fully picking on the weaker one. Started to cry, filled up car. Pulled over to get a closer look cause he wouldn't fly off. They had plucked his feathers out of one wing, and pecked at his head so much he was coverered in blood and one eyes was swollen shut. I got him and he didn't even try to get away reckon he knew I was trying to help. Took him to the 24hr vet.
Another time I was pulling out of servo and I noticed all the cars in the right and lane where moving around something then hook back into the lane. Road clear I walked over and couldn't beleive what I was seeing. Someone had hit this beautiful cat, I saw another car run over him and he was still alive barely. We are talking jaw realigned, eyes hanging out, you know what I'm saying. I stopped all the traffic while I picked him him, he was fitting and knew he was dying without a doubt, I was an absolute basket case, I am a cat lover and to see that, that no one stopped, it was morning peak hour, and even when I stopped all the traffic not one person got out and seen If I needed any help at all.
I walked over to the footpath and there was a big over hanging tree. by the time I got there the cat had died and my heart broke. I stood there just not knowing what to do. Houses on one side of the road, 3 blocks of units on the other side. Do I door knock and then have someone devasted because they knew their cat got run over and the sight of the cat, or do I hide the cat under the tree, ring the pound for them to collect the cat and let whoever the owner was just think that their cat ran away. I ended up choosing the latter, what if it was a little girls cat, or an elderly persons companion? I really really struggled with what to do. I put myself in the position that if it was one of my cats it would devastate me to see them like that and would I prefer to just believe that they found a new home. After all that I arrived home sobbing my heart out, and stayed on the lounge chair all day thinking and crying, One of my cats (that was not so affectionate at the time) as soon as I was on the lounge curled up to me and did not move the whole day, it was like somehow it knew.
You did the right thing and I hope to God I am never put in that position.

Cheers
Jo

You did what had to be done. Well done. As a farmer of ,well many years, I have had to dispose of hundreds of assorted animals & it certainly holds no fears or
trauma for me, but shooting your best dog when the time comes is not easy, but
you do it, & life goes on. Shooting a couple of hundred burnt sheep isnt all that
exiting either, but necessary.
To leave a badly injured animal to suffer is not the way of rural folk, but can be
a difficult decision for others. If you cannot do the job youself you may be able to
enlist the help of passers by. Be very careful when approaching a wounded animal,
many will kick or bite or scratch & you can be injured. If you have no choice,
strike swiftly with maximum force, & tell yourself you have done the right thing,
because you have......oldbaz.

For those that did see the previous thread about this, there was considerable discussion about the use of guns to do the "despatching". I live and work in the country and come across this scenario frequently and for that reason I started carrying a rifle with me.

The reason I chose to use a gun is that I was nearly speaking in a much higher voice after a wounded 'roo kicked at me and just missed the family jewels. At the time I was trying to get into position to dong it on the head with a hammer. Now I also use it to get a nice feral nannygoat for tucker on properties where I have permission.

When the missus and I leave on our great Oz trek two months from now the gun will be with us. We have sold everything so we won't have a place to leave it. To this end we are having a properly designed and constructed gun-safe made for "Farty" (our vehicle).

People have pointed out that we won't be able to take the gun into National Parks, but we won't have a choice so I guess we'll have to take the chance and see what happens.

The gun will be used for humaley despatching injured animals and if we get to know any property owners, we'll use it for a bit of food gathering as well.