Yikes. That's a tough one.
My neighbor's cat dropped a baby rabbit with a broken back on my front porch once. I just couldn't cope. I had to get my other neighbor to come take care of it. I am NOT good at things like that.
Car exhaust is a terribly cruel way to die. It is hot, and burns the lungs, causing slow, painful suffocation. Not humane.
I would have probably put the rat in a cage of some sort, and tried to find a rehabber or a shelter to take it the next day. If that didn't work, I'd probably find some guy to kill it for me. I'm a weenie about that sort of thing, and so is my bf, so he would be no help.
"We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare and the love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made" - M. Facklam
"We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers - thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams."- P.S. Beagle
"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king." - J.R.R. Tolkien
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