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Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Death is messy!!!

Have you ever seen any dead animals on the road?  If so, have you ever wonder how and what had happened to them that they were laying on the road?  Here in the midwest, we have lots of wild animals and they are forced to co-exist with humans because we are invading their territories.  Here is the story of an abruptly ended life of a deer.

I live in the country and often see many wild animals - mostly live ones.  The house is built in the middle of corn field.  Today has been a bit different.  I received a call from a colleague right after lunch today.  She lives a few blocks south of me and she was on her way home for lunch.  She called to inform me that there was a dead deer, well half of it, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY.  Apparently, this poor deer got hit by a semi, was dragged over, and smeared his guts and blood all over the road right in front of my drive.  She said it would be hard for me to get into my driveway without driving over the deer.  What a joy!  I wanted to come home and take a picture of the massacre but thought that it might be a cruel thing to do.  The remains of the dead deer is still in front of my driveway.  I am not sure what a proper thing to do might be - call the County Road Commission for clean up?

Updates (3/31/11) - the remains of this dead deer are still in front of the driveway.  It has been a challenge for me to go in and out without running over it.  Still don't know where to call for clean up and still tempted to take a picture before it gets too bad.