Sick rabbit on the road

[simongt]

Call me odd, but whenever I see a dead animal on the road, if it's still intact, I stop, pick it up and deposit it gently into the nearest bushes. That way the remains won't get laminated into the tarmac and the wee beasties will get a good feed. It's a more natural way of recycling the remains and it seems more respectful of nature. I was doing this with a fox recently and a motorist peeped and gave me a thumbs up as he went past. so it isn't just me who thinks like that - !

 

[jefmcg]

It's always interested me that no one takes home road kill in the UK. It's such a thing in the US, that there are laws that you can't claim road kill that you hit, to stop people running over something deliberately. But the car behind you will take that deer home. I see enough dead rabbits and pheasants to make me think it's a waste, but I wouldn't pick it up either. And despite 'roo being a gourmet meat in Australia, I've never heard of anyone putting a dead kangeroo or wallaby. in the back of their ute.

Maybe it's because the average briton isn't a hunter, and doesn't know what to do with game? I certainly don't.

 

[Fab Foodie]

It's always interested me that no one takes home road kill in the UK. It's such a thing in the US, that there are laws that you can't claim road kill that you hit, to stop people running over something deliberately. But the car behind you will take that deer home. I see enough dead rabbits and pheasants to make me think it's a waste, but I wouldn't pick it up either. And despite 'roo being a gourmet meat in Australia, I've never heard of anyone putting a dead kangeroo or wallaby. in the back of their ute.

Maybe it's because the average briton isn't a hunter, and doesn't know what to do with game? I certainly don't.

To be fair it's hard to get a deer on the back of a bike .... even the Elephant bike.

 

[jefmcg]

To be fair it's hard to get a deer on the back of a bike .... even the Elephant bike.

No, obviously. That's what the front basket is for.

(I have briefly considered bungying a dead pheasant to the my carradice, but worried about the lice and fleas - or decomposition if it's not as fresh as I assumed.)

 

[glenn forger]

(I have briefly considered bungying a dead pheasant to the my carradice, but worried about the lice and fleas

It's dead, it won't mind.

KAPPOW!

If you found a roadkill swan and stuffed it on the back of your bike I reckon if you went fast enough the wings would open and Aid Progress.

 

[glenn forger]

Like this but with more dead swan:

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[jefmcg]

If you found a roadkill swan and stuffed it on the back of your bike I reckon if you went fast enough the wings would open and Aid Progress.

You're not fooling me. I'm not touching a swan. They belong E.R. I'm not going back to the tower!!!

 

[Profpointy]

[QUOTE 4273702, member: 45"]I was cycling to work a few years ago and rounded a corner to see a dead deer in the road that looked like it had just been hit. The road is the entrance to the docks.

I passed the same deer on the way home, but by this time it had been completely flattened, almost into two dimensions.[/QUOTE]

Ideal for sandwiches then ?

 

[martinclive]

Rabbit ran out under my rear wheel this morning ..................gather from later riders that the magpies were having a good b'fast

 

[Chris S]

[QUOTE 4270800, member: 45"]
I hit a squirrel once. It ran out in front of the car, stopped, ran the other way, stopped, ran the other way, then stopped right in the middle of my track and stood up and looked at me. It was almost as if he had given up running and was resigning to his fate. I got out to find the poor thing dragging itself along, back legs not working, and coughing. That one got the front tyre as well.[/QUOTE]
The same thing happened to me, except I was on a 'no stopping' dual carriageway. I looked in my mirror and saw it lying on it's back waving it's front legs in the air and the back half of it's body completely squashed. Hopefully the loss of blood meant that it wasn't conscious for too long.

 

[coffeejo]

I've dispatched many a rabbit with myxi. Doesn't take much strength to snap the neck and it's more humane IMHO.

 

[Bazzer]

Rabbit ran out under my rear wheel this morning ..................gather from later riders that the magpies were having a good b'fast

Once had a startled blackbird fly out from a hedge straight into my front wheel. Sadly for the bird its head was severed as my spokes passed the forks.
On the other hand, a startled badger ran out from a hedge when I was on a night ride last July. Now that it like hitting a wall as the surgeon who pinned and plated my leg can attest. .

 

[martinclive]

^^^ ouch!

 

[Banjo]

Theres an old guy near us lives off fresh road kill.has done for years.

He told me he found a great specimen last week .plenty of meat and freshly killed the only problem was what to do with its bike

 

[simongt]

Several years ago, I was out on a ride with my young lady when a car whizzed past us. A bit further along the road was a freshly dead pheasant, obviously the result of said car. Straight into the saddlebag and later into a very nice casserole - !