I hope a catalytic convertor and not the animal otherwise that sounds very bruital!
My mate caught a cat in mid jump and it was hanging onto the front grill of his car, when he stopped, it jumped off and ran away.
If I don't slowly back down my driveway every morning I scrape the front lip of my Zed. Once in a while I'll be in a hurry and remember too late. That scraping/crunching sound is awful.
My neighbor has the same issue but his cars are rubbish. I think he tries to rip his front clip off.