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by simion314 1779 days ago
I can't understand how such intelligent animals get killed by cars. I had young cats killed by cars but also one that was old with years of outside experience.
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Like a larger bipedal mammal, they forget to look both ways, or think that that they can make it across in time
Humans? I mean, pedestrians get killed by cars all the time. So I wouldn't expect cats to be immune to them.
Could be, but in my village nobody was hit by a car, and many of my family cats were hit by cars. So the chances for cats to get hit are higher, so we could maybe think that is because of the small size ?

The thing is cats have good senses so I am wondering if they have an attention issue where something else distract them or they have a perception issue so they don't realize how closer a car is.

My current cat is afraid of cars, so I hope she stays away from the roads.