Early morning on July 23rd 2023, my cat was hit and killed outside my house. The driver did not stop and did not alert anyone that he had hit my lovely fur baby. I have heard of this happening multiple times in the past week in my area alone. Many families consider their pets as a whole part of their family; they aren’t just an animal that lives in their house. So many people are losing their furry friends every day to selfish drivers who don’t care enough to try and help the animals they’ve hurt on the roads. 

Changing this law will allow families to get the closure they need and also to get justice for their pets, as many of these hit and runs are committed whilst the drivers are speeding through residential areas and don’t want to get caught. This way, we will be able to properly prosecute irresponsible and selfish drivers who do not care what’s in their way. 

Enough is enough. It’s bad enough that this law has to exist and that people don’t do it regardless, but the make the law and exclude certain household pets is disgraceful. Dogs are required to be reported as they have ‘worker status’, but many dogs are just household pets. Cats are just as loved as dogs in a family dynamics and they deserve to be treated the same. This needs to change, for the thousands of cats killed every year and for the broken hearts of their families that they leave behind. 

(Pictured is my gorgeous boy Sirius. May he rest in peace over the rainbow bridge.)