Mark,
Come to Oz and ride at dusk or dawn and you'll find some BIG hoppers that just LOVE to jump in front of cars, trucks, bikes and any other form of transport. A real eye opener.
Even so, it is Driver beware down here, when a 300 pound Roo jumps in your way, good luck. Oh, and they HOP along at around 45mph.
Chucky

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Old thread maybe, but I just watched David Baddiel and Hugh Dennis on TV driving through Ethiopia. The person who hired them a 4x4 in Addis Ababa said if they hit a goat and kill it the price (of the goat) goes up, it will cost them £50-60, but they can eat it. Later on, talking to some lorry drivers they came across at the side of the road, one driver said the only accidents he's had were sheep which cost him 600 birr (£24).

Oh I dunno, if you got $250 for each cow hit by a passing tourist I think you'd want them all to wander about as much as possible

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Eeere! With a name like Sennen I suspect you be a Cornishman just like oi be!! 'Ow ee doin of?

Slightly OT as it's involving a train and not a car, but here's what another well-known Cornishman suggested as a 'waste-not-want-not' option if you've ended up causing roadkill - BBC News - Aboard the Victoria Falls Express

Or this one - also from a Cornishman I am afraid - BBC NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Roadkill fan penning recipe book

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+1, not only very interesting, but a very realistic and respectful approach.

In anthropology that's called "ethnocentrism": judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. It's an interesting thing, because we all suffer it at some extent and it requires great consciousness and abstraction to be able to get rid of it (and time). For a French, eating dogs will be immoral ("dogs are cute, men's best friend") and spiders disgusting, but eating horses and "scargots" (=snails) is acceptable for them; for us Spaniards eating horses looks horrible while killing bulls (and others) has been more than acceptable and tasting snails a delight.

So killing cows in Ethiopia may be solely your fault, since bicycles and pedestrians cannot drive them over and you are the strange actor on the road (a possible explanation, I don't know at all).

Whether it is expensive or not or how much one would pay (or not), it's only possible to say it once you are there. Today with the sheppherd alone 100USD may be ok, but with a big group around getting nervous 250USD may be the minimum to keep things calm, who knows. If things go right and you are socially skillful enough (time to smile a lot!), you may still invite everyone to a great BBQ and party that night, have a great time and turn a horrible event into an unforgettable (although still expensive) memory of your trip in Africa. You may even change your vynil seat cover for a genuine leather one or get a new "horn" for your bike!

Esteban

ooo arrr, there be wonce a toime when Oi could ever be found at Sennen Cove nursing an oice cream...even in winturrr

Beats trying to find a supermarket...

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My cousin who lives in Pakistan hit a milking cow while travelling from Lahore to Islamabad. The villagers gathered, tried to hit him with batons, blocked the traffic and demanded compensation. A milking cow is like a Manhattan asset in Pakistan.

This is always the way you should try to handle such a situation! Make the best out of it.

I dont mean that you had to pay every bill - but to think in a "i have my rights" way - when the mob gets angry - is not a good idea too...

Try to resolve something like this - bevore many people join the discussion. In the first minutes you may be able to direct the next hours a lot.

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I would imagine in most developing countries, if you hit free-range livestock with your vehicle you're liable for the value. To many subsistence farmers, the cost of a steer or cow might be equivalent to several months' wages.

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