Being told to pay vet bill

We look back at medieval times and think how could someone possibly think someone is a witch and get the whole town running around with pitchforks, but current behaviour on Facebook like this incident really shows you how. We haven't fundamentally changed at all. This is just the 21st century equivalent of Salem.

They're shaming her on the internet because they're entitled twats.

Did you get out of that car to look after you hit the cat? Or did you just drive on and that's why they're shaming you on the Internet?

This happened to me. Deaf cat sat behind my passenger wheel as I pulled out of a parking space. I had my name plastered all over Facebook by the cats owner, and had trouble for months after (sometimes still to this day). Please do not pay this bill. Out of the kindness of your heart you could offer to pay for cremation, but as a cat owner I wouldn't expect this if someone was to hit my cat. It's just what I would do because I'd feel so awful.

Nothing to stop you telling them you'll report them to the police for harassment if they don't fuck off.

Sorry I meant 2 - 5 k to fix a cat if it had broken bones or injuries from a car accident.

Probably more like £200 to arrange a cremation for a cat killed outright.

£400 ish if a cat comes in injured and gets put to sleep and then a cremation is arranged.

That’s because owners of dogs are responsible for the damage they cause so it was your mum’s responsibility to pay. Cats are different.

I mean that’s for the funeral part surely. Cost us £250 to put a dog down, then took it home and burried it.

I have had 4 cats run over, and 3 of them were on a driveway as the driver slowly reversed on/off.

Cars and animals don’t mix, and you accept that when you have a cat and let it outside. OP not responsible. Cat owners should have been insured but sometimes a shitty insurance plan won’t cover this kind of thing so you suck it up and pay. Vets will usually allow you to pay over 3 months.

Quite. If (some) people are going to go nasty and aggressive, publicly blaming and shaming and even demanding money, when their cat runs in front of a car, the result is not that people are going to stop driving altogether or drive 3mph everywhere; they will just not bother not try to find the owner in the first place.

It very much falls under the category of 'no good deed goes unpunished'.

A similar principle might be if you were walking down the street and happened to notice that a house was on fire. Most half-decent people would knock to see if it was occupied and to alert any occupants and call the fire brigade - but if you knew that, by doing so, you would be blamed and shamed for starting the fire and thus demanded to pay for the costs of rebuilding and repairing all damage, would you be so keen to do the right thing, or would you just ignore it and keep on walking?

An adult who doesn't understand the basics of cat behaviour really should not be allowed to have a cat in the first place.

A pet they loved SO much that they were happy to let out and play with the traffic.

And the crazy cat people wonder why drivers are so reluctant to stop and deal with dead/injured cats which they have hit through no fault of their own. Because the crazy cat people expect them to foot the bill for treating injuries or putting to sleep. And if they don't, or if nothing can be done for the cat and they are just informing the owners out of courtesy, they are shamed online.

If you have a cat it is YOUR responsibility. Nobody else's.

@TheUndoing it was an accident. When I hit and killed someone's much loved cat I felt very sad but I didn't feel responsible. I was travelling at less than 20mph, it was dark and the cat came out of a hedge and straight under my wheels. I had no time to brake, swerve or do anything. The owners, whilst very upset, were lovely to me about it.

Sadly, if you have cats that are allowed to roam, that's a risk you take. We have cats, I would be very upset if one of them were killed on the road, but I'd rather they were allowed to roam than be kept indoors.

Cremation costs I expect

What! Do they put them in gold lined coffins or something? 2-5k to look at a smashed up cat and put it out of its misery? Goodness, we used to just wait for them to pass and put them in a shoebox and bury in the garden.

Feels like the very least you could do if you’ve killed their family pet!

2 - 5 thousand pounds

Half is probably at least 2k

There was a poster a while ago who hit a cat. The owners harassed her for ages over it and wanted the money for the cremation etc.

Stand your ground, OP. It’s the risk they took having an outdoor cat!

Yep!

Did you do anything to help the cat and let the owner know at the time? Or did you just drive off and that's why she's posted the CCTV, to which you've replied with an apology?

There is one on fb this morning about shaming someone for not stopping - though poster couldn’t locate cat . People get very over the top about animals who dart in front of cars..

My cat was hit about 4 years ago. Driver took her to the vet. I would never have dreamt of asking for money. The poor driver was devastated. But as others have said it is the risk of owning an outdoors cat.

Have the Police responded at all?

People like her are the reason others won’t stop and knock if they have hit your dear fluffykins.

Just ignore her and keep hold of the screenshots. Also ask a friend or dh to keep an eye out for more posts.