I drive Dittmer Catawissa Rd. almost everyday, and everyday I have to slow down so I don’t hit a squirrel or a rabbit. Sometimes I have to hit my brakes HARD*, but I don’t mind – I like the wildlife, even the idiot tree-rats (which is what my pops used to call squirrels) who sometimes just suicidally leap directly into traffic, completely oblivious to cars on their nut-gathering missions. Kamikaze!

I think if the drivers out here would just slow down, and pay attention to the wildlife preparing to do some crazy-ass shit from the non-existent shoulders of these 2 lane blacktop roads, then a lot of poor bunnies and squirrels could be saved (not to mention the occasional deer that WILL fuck up your grill and/or fender).

But unfortunately I see dead carcasses flattened every day, so I decided to start The Roadkill Report (on Dittmer-Catawissa Road). Everyday I will twitter the number and type of roadkill I see, and how many I kill, just to prove a point, which is:

If you try just a little, a LOT of pointless animal deaths could be prevented.

So far the count is:
roadkills: about 1000 – animal deaths I’ve caused: zero

But for the sake of accuracy, we’ll start over, 0-0

Anyway, here’s what google images turned up for a search of “dead squirrel” (I included the last one because there is no way in hell that dog caught that squirrel – I bet anything he found it on a road):

* I would like to point out that of course I wouldn’t slam my brakes if someone was following me closely, even though I hate tailgaters. The population is so sparse here in Catawissa, I sometimes make the drive without even seeing another car! There are definite benefits to living in the sticks.

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