What do you do when you run over wildlife?

[oncedisturbed]

In WA, there is volunteer section from DEC ( environment and conservation) called Wildcare. They receive calls relating to this issue and the pass info to the co-ordinator who calls out volunteer Animal Control Agents who will check the animal and take to a vet / animal rehab centre or if needs be shoot it. Police are only to be used as a last resort over here if shire rangers etc are not available.

I have lost count how many times i have been called out by DEC for these scenarios. In every instance i have had to shoot the animal.

[Finly Owner]

In WA, there is volunteer section from DEC ( environment and conservation) called Wildcare. They receive calls relating to this issue and the pass info to the co-ordinator who calls out volunteer Animal Control Agents who will check the animal and take to a vet / animal rehab centre or if needs be shoot it. Police are only to be used as a last resort over here if shire rangers etc are not available.

I have lost count how many times i have been called out by DEC for these scenarios. In every instance i have had to shoot the animal.

Hence , the reason we should be allowd to own one rifle responsibly cared for, stored and used for hmane putting down injured animals in the bush.


Tim

[megatexture]

I’ve hit a few roos on road trips 3 in one night was worst record but I’ve ticked the keep driving box only as it depends on the speed of the impact if I hit a animal at 90kmh and chunks fly I’m not going to turn around assuming its well and truly dead! But if I’ve hit at lower speeds I will go back to see if it’s alive/suffering and check its pouch. One time as the missus was in the car she didn’t want to know about it so i had to drive over its head with the trailer so she wouldn’t feel it! I’m just glad it’s not usually at lower speeds

[Rustyboner81]

i've had a roo kill itself with my vehicle before.

at work out bush, we were using an old unused pit as our sourse of water for drilling operations.
we had to drive our HINO 4x4 truck down the washed out decline to turn on a generator and pump.
there was always dead goats and roos down there that had just jumped or fallen the 100m down to their doom.

the track was soo washed out we used to drive down it in high range, 1st gear with the exhaust brake on the whole way down.
well one time just before the bottom i came around the bend, really slowly remember when a group of roos got startled and bounded back up the decline.
one of them plowed head first straight into the roo bar.... "are you f**kin serious" i said out loud (i was by myself).
got out the truck and i couldnt belive it, Dead.... i plowed a giant rock into its head and threw it out the way.

i'll never forget that and it was about 6 years ago.

its the funniest thing being behind a road train that cleans up a big roo, head on... they get bashed up and killed but they come the back of it still looks like there running.

[Winnie]

I've hit a few wallabies and roos, countless rabbits and possums too.

Don't bother to check on rabbits as there is no chance in hell it would survive (and let's be honest... they're just rabbits!), check possums for youngins. Had to put a couple of roos out of their misery and one time a wallaby managed to limp it's way into the scrub before I got to it so I don't know if that survived or not. Luckily none have ever had joeys.

What I cannot stand is people who hit wildlife and leave it in the middle of the road. I've gotta drive through a place called "birds gully" where the amount of wildlife crossing the 100km/h road is down right dangerous! Always at least 1 or 2 wombats or wallabies in the middle of the road that I have to pull off so some other poor driver doesn't hit it. There are a lot of dead foxes along the Strzelecki Highway that people continuously run over into a pulp.

If you kill an animal on the road please do the right thing and at least move it off the road!

[MEGOMONSTER]

I have only killed a few possums but got really really close to killing a few Roos, the last one literally jumped over the bonnet.

[Rustyboner81]

goldfields highway, anyone around kalgoorlie area will know,
if you dont pull your roadkill off into the bush you get wedge tailed eagles (wedgies) feeding on them
they get that full and heavy the only way they can take off is buy flying into the wind which alot of the time seems to be towards oncoming vehicles.
windscreens dont always deflect or kill them and the last thing you want is a p**sed off eagle in the cab with you. (or a roo for that matter) ive heard stories of truckies bailin out of movin roadttrains, just getting down as many gears as quick as possible and then jumpin.

can anyone confirm this?
also heard about wedgies exploding as they go through covering the drivers in rotten guts and maggots

[threedogs]

Should also try to avoid road kill as the bones being green will certainly go through any tyre.

If off the beaten track I'll use road kill for yabby bait,
Leigh Creek do a great road kill stew its on their menu board'
but suspect its A grade beef

[Bullmeister]

Be careful checking on injured/dead wildlife I have a great scar on my forearm from a roo that looked dead until I tried to look in it`s pouch!

[janderson]

The police just shoot them anyway