Human Carelessness

It never ceases to amaze me how thoughtless, callous and downright cruel some humans can be. You hear all the time about people being cruel to animals and most people say how disgusting it is, but they don’t think of the less obvious forms of cruelty. Let’s look at the thousands of wild animals, and sometimes domestic animals, that are hit and left for dead by cars. Now, obviously on a motorway, there is not much that can be done, but what about in the much slower, and more secluded country roads. I don’t know how many times lately I’ve seen dead hedgehogs, squirrels, rabbits, frogs, and even a bird of prey. It sickens me that people can hit these beautiful animals, and not even stop. It would cost them nothing but time, to stop and take the animal to a vet. The RSPCA will even cover the cost of fees.
But no, we decide that it is far too much hassle to do this. Instead we drive on, probably not even thinking about the animals we hit. They are left injured, frightened and in pain, with no one aware that they are there. If this was a human, there would be outcry, so what is it that makes that animal’s life worth less than a human’s.

I rescued a hedgehog from the middle of the road last night, that was dragging its’ back legs. It turns out that he had probably been caught in a trap and the damage to his feet was just too much for him. The vet put him to sleep this morning. It makes me so angry that he had to suffer like that because of some thoughtless, cowardly human! What do these animals do to us? Surely we should give them the utmost respect, as we are in their habitat. They were here first, but as humans, we tend to think we are so much better than the animals. We are the only people who kill for fun! It sickens me that some people can get away with killing animals on roads, simply because they cannot be bothered to stop and take them to help.