tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post7057988834900112020..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Between Life and Death, No BalanceChas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-41001715776714888202013-10-01T03:54:24.656-06:002013-10-01T03:54:24.656-06:00Just recently I happened across a kangaroo that ha...Just recently I happened across a kangaroo that had been hit by a car and left for dead. The poor animal had a broken back and crumpled rear leg, splintered in obscene angles.<br />The sorry wretch was struggling to move off the road, (which obviously couldn't and wouldn't happen considering injuries) fear in eyes.<br />I wielded a heavy log to the head as quickly and powerfully as I could muster.<br />Thankfully, the animal passed from misery quickly.<br />Unfortunately, as distateful as this act of violence was on my part, the act of ignoring the roo by the motorist (or me) and leaving it to suffer, or for someone else to take care of, is just as violent and distasteful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-64396956153709531842011-08-26T10:53:11.913-06:002011-08-26T10:53:11.913-06:00The desire I see in many people to avoid any conta...The desire I see in many people to avoid any contact with animal death or suffering seems to me to be rooted more in a kind of shallow, unexamined self righteousness and contrived innocence than in a genuine desire to revere and understand life.Janeenhttp://smartdogs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-60812043292520463732011-08-25T19:19:14.891-06:002011-08-25T19:19:14.891-06:00Sounds like you had quite the day of ups and downs...Sounds like you had quite the day of ups and downs. Sounds like you were in the right place though to make it so an animal didn't have to continue to suffer on an asphalt road.Midwest Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296327673871169304noreply@blogger.com