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TerryH noted the depressing pictures of dead pets. I agree, it's depressing but it happens more often through stupidity or negligence than anything else.
I am frustrated with the people (many as it turns out) who say "I'll let nature take it's course", or "that's just the nature of the breed". Oh, REALLY? What exactly is natural about your domesticated "breed" "roaming" in your neighbor's yard or the local park? Nature is not at work here. Man's delusion about his dog as a wild animal is at work. You buy this domesticated cat, dog, bird...whatever. Treat it as if you are SUPPOSED to do the dirty work, and look out for it. Because that is what you signed up for. Act as if you are the "brains of the outfit", the one with the opposable thumbs, and an advanced cerebral cortex. The one with the car, the one who pays the vet bills to have your pet spayed or neutered, the one who gave it a name (what animal in nature ever gets a name?), and the one who is ultimately responsible for the kind of life it has. If you do your best to care for the animal, then you can say "oh what a surprise" when it suddenly dies, or a neighbor kills or shoots your dog or cat. Otherwise, you should have seen it coming.
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