i was picking the mrs up from a resteraunt one evening, tables right in the big glass windows, as i draw up, i see in the road right in front a load of pidgeons pecking away at whatevers bits someones dropped, i beep the horn to scare them, and most fly away except 2......which i went straight over and mangled on the under side of my engine, i'm sure that female diner to the left of the door blew chunks into her plate.....
regardless, those 2 and a squirrel that lost a face off are my "kills"
as for leaving an animal in suffering... if it's looking fargone, i'd like to think i could put it out of the misery i put it in, my nephews cat "pilchard"-dont ask- went missing, he was only 6 at the time and distraught, we called all the local refuges etc, no luck, till we tried a vet on the off chance, pilchard had been hit on the right rear side and left out in the road, some good samaritan found him and took him in to the vet, who was about 30mins away from putting him down coz it was quite horrific, insurance ponied up, he lost the leg but kept his life, and was renamed - tripod
btw i once saw an alsation head at the side of the a30 on our way down to cornwall......pint at the slaughtered lamb anyone?