To the Editor:
Last week, there occurred another example of the two sides of human nature. My neighbour’s beloved ginger cat was deliberately run over on Highway 3 in Erickson. A red car was seen deliberately swerving to hit it on the edge of the road! The kind and caring driver of the following car stopped and picked it up, then took it to the vet, but it was of no use.
The owner is known to the vet’s office, so they were told and were devastated. Accidents to free-roaming cats are often inevitable, and sad but manageable, but deliberate killing shakes one’s faith in the goodness of human nature.
If an apology were to come from the driver of that red car, our faith in the ability of people to change their nature would be restored. The family will always remember with appreciation the kindness and concern of the driver who tried to rescue an orange bundle of fur. Thank goodness there are more caring people in this valley than there are insensitive jerks!
Erickson