I was driving down the road to Port Townsend when a fire truck with lights and siren came towards me. As is done here, everyone pulled off to the side and stopped. As the firetruck approached, a fawn dashed out of the undergrowth and was hit by the firetruck, which kept going.<\/p>\n
The fawn’s rear legs were broken and we sat in horror watching the poor thing try to crawl off the highway. Several people were on their cellphones, I presume calling for help.<\/p>\n
Somehow after the initial shock, I wondered what a gun owner would have done had they seen this. If I were such a person, could I have immediately reacted by jumping out and shooting the fawn? It would have been the right thing to do, but adding to the terribleness of the event.<\/p>\n
The fawn crawled off the highway, and we went on down the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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