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  • I just keep driving

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  • Turn around, check on the animal and pouch and put it out of its misery

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  • Keep driving but ring wildlife care

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  • Turn around and check on it but dont have the heart to kill it usually so ring Wildlife care

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    What do you do when you run over wildlife?

    I hit a wombat last night with the Patrol and trailer on a tight road and had to spend 15 minutes trying to turn around to check on it and ofcourse put it out of It's misery.

    I have made a poll above to see what others would do in this situation. The poll is hidden so no one will know who voted in what section so please answer honestly.

    Interested to see what others do in this situation...Please answer honestly.

    What do you do when you hit an animal with your car?

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    It is important to check that the animal is ok or not and if necessary put it out of its misery.
    Having said that not all people would be able to humanely kill an animal and in that case notify police or
    probably more importantly wild life carers. It is not a nice problem to face.

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    The police just shoot them anyway
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    hit roo once or rather it tried to stop my ute! Did a quick uturn and it was lying in the middle of the road with it's head up.. As an animal lover I didn't feel to great so after mustering up the courage I grabbed the pinch bar out or the tool box and walked over to the roo. I got no closer than about 3 meters when it hopped up and bounced off, what a relief!
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    For sure It's not a nice job but you sleep better knowing you did the right thing rather then leave the animal on the road to die a slow and painful death. Even worse for another person to come along and hit the same animal or swerve to miss it and crash their vehicle and possible hurt/kill them too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ab View Post
    for sure it's not a nice job but you sleep better knowing you did the right thing rather then leave the animal on the road to die a slow and painful death. Even worse for another person to come along and hit the same animal or swerve to miss it and crash their vehicle and possible hurt/kill them too.
    you bring up a good point there andyNEVER SWERVE TO MISS AN ANIMAL AS YOUR LIFE OR OTHERS LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN ANIMAL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob View Post
    you bring up a good point there andyNEVER SWERVE TO MISS AN ANIMAL AS YOUR LIFE OR OTHERS LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN ANIMAL
    a piont i have never been able to enforce into the wife the number of time she has almost had an accident trying avoid,,,,,, (dont laugh) birds cats dogs etc (yes i did say birds first) i have lost count of!
    but swerve and suddly brake etc she does i always get the same answer,, "i dont care i will not run over an animal!!!" after 25 years of interstate trucking i have hit my fare share of roo's wombats on so on and also seen the carnage causeed these animals the olny thing i would try and avoid in the truck was big live stock such as cattle and horses but even then i would only slowling down to lessen the impact and damage to the vehicle. wombats are by far in my appinion one of the worst things to hit in any vehicle. i was almost rolled over once in a truck by wombat he went under every wheel on one side of the rig and lifted that one side right up of the road, scared the sh*T out of me!

    to be honest i dont always stop to check on an animal if i have hit it,,,, unless i have any doubts that it did not die instantly then i try to IF IT IS SAFE and NOT ENDANGERING OTHER ROAD USERS.

    I will prob get caned for that last comment.

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    only ever hit one roo, checked on it - a buck, and it was dead

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    Nah not if your trucking mate. You can't be expected to turn a monster around. My uncle was trucking for decades and loves animals but he said the same thing. It's just not possible to turn those puppies around all the time so no canning for you...lol

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