Strollerderby

Cats sometimes put themselves in dangerous situations. If you really believe your cat is your baby. Keep it indoors. No parent I know just opens the door and lets the baby out when he wants fresh air.  I don’t see babies crawling about on the road or toddling around the neighbourhood by themselves.  

We teach children to cross the street safely and to look out for cars.  When will you cat parents be teaching their feline child to do that?

And I never come home to find strange children sleeping on my porch or trying to get into my house!  

Your cat is not a kid. If you think your cat is a kid you need mental help.I hit your cat. I will stop the car and get out. I will come to your house and say sorry. It will be sad. You will cry. You hit my kid in revenge and I will break you. And I will enjoy doing it!

my dog was hit by a car when i was in high school, and we lived on a road where the speed limit was 25. Oh and the guy (or girl?) never stopped. Granted she should not have been in the road, she had followed my sister down to get the mail, and then stayed down there to bark at some people walking by, my sister didnt realize it until she was halfway up the driveway. The people walking by even shouted and waved to the driver when they realized he wasnt slowing down.

I agree that the sign was a little over the top, but at the same time, i get where she is coming from. 7 years later it still hurts to think she isnt here, and that she was taken in that way. And you have to think that someone showing no regard for the life of an animal, wouldnt show much more for a child.

I used to live on the same street as a hospital, a catholic school and a church. as well as a neighborhood where kids frequently crossed the street, played on the sidewalks, and rode their bikes around. And it would absolutly infuriate me that people would speed up and down it.

I dont blame that woman one bit for her anger, she was certainly justified. even if she hadnt said it i could have told you that she probably wouldnt have gotten in her car and run over small children. she was just trying to get people to see that her animals are just as important to her, as your children are to you.

The bigger concern is that if people are going 65 in a 35 one of them is bound to hit a child himself someday. Speed limits are there for a reason, what if it had been a kid instead of a cat?

The cars should slow down in a residential area. Chances are the person who hit the cat doesn't even live in that neighborhood. If my kid saw a sign like that she would be very scared. There is no need to be so vindictive. And crazy. Yes, it sucks when your cat get ran over which is why my pet cats have always been indoor cats. Take care of you pets or be ready for the consequences. Dogs and cats should be better maintained by their owners.

I find it very annoying when people in my neighborhood let their cats run wild so they can poop in our garden and run in front of my car unexpectedly. I don't want to hit any cats. However, I don't take my son over to their house to poop on their front walk. Hmmm, maybe I should...

There are speed limit laws but there are also laws against letting domestic animals run free. You can't have your cake and eat it too, sorry to say.

Sometimes it's hard to see things clearly when you're grieving. I'm sure it was very hard for her to lose her pet and she really didn't think the sign through well enough or at all. I definitely would not let my beloved cat outside. Indoor cats are less prone to diseases and animal attacks too.

-Melissa

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My husband hit and killed a cat last night. He was driving the posted speed limit (35), it was the middle of the night, and the cat ran out in front of him to close to avoid. He pulled off the road and cried for a good ten minutes before he could drive again.

I was so angry I could barely speak. I feel terrible for the cat, heck I'm writing this with one of our three in my lap. We are both crazy cat people, him even more than me. I know hubby couldn't avoid hitting the cat, I don't blame him. The owner, on the other hand, I am still unspeakably mad at. Because they couldn't be bothered to keep their kitty indoors, it died a death that should have been completely avoided. The cat suffered, my husband is still suffering, and I presume the owner is suffering. All because they couldn't be bothered. I do feel badly for the owner, but it doesn't stop me from being angry at them.

I just wanted to tell this story, because while speeders should slow their bums down (totally agree on that point, we've almost gotten run over walking the dogs before), the owner made a huge mistake as well, and not just in making that sign. I don't let my horse run around loose in the road, I really don't understand why people would think that letting my dogs and cats would be okay. Mistakes (critters getting away from you) happens, but I would venture that the majority of pets that die in the road are allowed to roam there by their owners.

Okay... and maybe it was a little bit of a rant too.